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      Successful Removal of a Conjunctival Myxoma

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          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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          Clinical survey of 1643 melanocytic and nonmelanocytic conjunctival tumors.

          To report the spectrum and frequency of melanocytic and nonmelanocytic conjunctival tumors in an ocular oncology practice. Retrospective noninterventional case series. One thousand six hundred forty-three consecutive patients with a conjunctival mass evaluated at an ocular oncology department. A chart review was conducted to obtain the clinical features of the patient and tumor and to tabulate and categorize the diagnoses. Tumor diagnosis overall and relative to patient age, race, and gender and relative to tumor location and laterality. In 1643 consecutive patients, the tumor was classified as melanocytic in 872 cases (53%) and nonmelanocytic in 771 cases (47%). The nonmelanocytic categories included congenital choristomatous (n = 40 [2%]), epithelial (n = 219 [13%]), vascular (n = 63 [4%]), fibrous (n = 7 [ 60. Of the 219 patients with epithelial tumors, 80% occurred in males, whereas the incidence of melanocytic lesions was equal in males and females. African-American patients represented only 7% of epithelial tumors, <1% of melanomas, and 8% of lymphoid tumors. Conjunctival tumors were of melanocytic origin in 53% of cases and nonmelanocytic origin in 47%. Overall, melanocytic tumors, epithelial tumors, and lymphoid tumors accounted for 74% of all cases. These tumors were far more common in Caucasian patients, and epithelial tumors were found more frequently in men.
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            Carney complex (CNC)

            The Carney complex (CNC) is a dominantly inherited syndrome characterized by spotty skin pigmentation, endocrine overactivity and myxomas. Skin pigmentation anomalies include lentigines and blue naevi. The most common endocrine gland manifestations are acromegaly, thyroid and testicular tumors, and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-independent Cushing's syndrome due to primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD). PPNAD, a rare cause of Cushing's syndrome, is due to primary bilateral adrenal defect that can be also observed in some patients without other CNC manifestations or familial history of the disease. Myxomas can be observed in the heart, skin and breast. Cardiac myxomas can develop in any cardiac chamber and may be multiple. One of the putative CNC genes located on 17q22-24, (PRKAR1A), has been identified to encode the regulatory subunit (R1A) of protein kinase A. Heterozygous inactivating mutations of PRKAR1A were reported initially in 45 to 65 % of CNC index cases, and may be present in about 80 % of the CNC families presenting mainly with Cushing's syndrome. PRKAR1A is a key component of the cAMP signaling pathway that has been implicated in endocrine tumorigenesis and could, at least partly, function as a tumor suppressor gene. Genetic analysis should be proposed to all CNC index cases. Patients with CNC or with a genetic predisposition to CNC should have regular screening for manifestations of the disease. Clinical work-up for all the manifestations of CNC should be performed at least once a year in all patients and should start in infancy. Cardiac myxomas require surgical removal. Treatment of the other manifestations of CNC should be discussed and may include follow-up, surgery, or medical treatment depending on the location of the tumor, its size, the existence of clinical signs of tumor mass or hormonal excess, and the suspicion of malignancy. Bilateral adrenalectomy is the most common treatment for Cushing's syndrome due to PPNAD.
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              Report of a conjunctival myxoma case and review of the literature.

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                Journal
                Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol
                Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol
                MEAJO
                Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology
                Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd (India )
                0974-9233
                0975-1599
                Jul-Sep 2012
                : 19
                : 3
                : 352-353
                Affiliations
                [1]Anterior Segment, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
                Author notes
                Corresponding Author: Dr. Huda Al-Ghadeer, Division of Anterior Segment, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, PO Box 7191, Riyadh 11462, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: hudagh2001@ 123456yahoo.com
                Article
                MEAJO-19-352
                10.4103/0974-9233.97968
                3401812
                22837636
                fdf4c227-fb1d-4370-bea4-72aefc150feb
                Copyright: © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

                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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                Ophthalmology & Optometry
                conjunctiva,myxoma,excision
                Ophthalmology & Optometry
                conjunctiva, myxoma, excision

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