Successful Removal of a Conjunctival Myxoma

A 45-year-old woman presented with conjunctival myxoma in the right eye. A mixture of healon and trypan blue solution 0.06 mg was injected through a 27-gauge needle into the conjunctiva to delineate the lesion to achieve complete removal. This technique is effective in delineating the myxoma while p...

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Autores principales: Al-Ghadeer, Huda, Al-Assiri, Abdullah, Al-Odhaib, Sami, Alkatan, Hind
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22837636
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.97968
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author Al-Ghadeer, Huda
Al-Assiri, Abdullah
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description A 45-year-old woman presented with conjunctival myxoma in the right eye. A mixture of healon and trypan blue solution 0.06 mg was injected through a 27-gauge needle into the conjunctiva to delineate the lesion to achieve complete removal. This technique is effective in delineating the myxoma while preserving its integrity during removal. It may also help in lowering recurrence.
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spelling pubmed-34018122012-07-26 Successful Removal of a Conjunctival Myxoma Al-Ghadeer, Huda Al-Assiri, Abdullah Al-Odhaib, Sami Alkatan, Hind Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Case Report A 45-year-old woman presented with conjunctival myxoma in the right eye. A mixture of healon and trypan blue solution 0.06 mg was injected through a 27-gauge needle into the conjunctiva to delineate the lesion to achieve complete removal. This technique is effective in delineating the myxoma while preserving its integrity during removal. It may also help in lowering recurrence. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3401812/ /pubmed/22837636 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.97968 Text en Copyright: © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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