LYMPHANGIOMA OF THE CONJUNCTIVA

A 23-year-old female presented with a yellow-brownish, asymptomatic tu mour of the bulbar conjunctiva in her left eye The lesion had been det ected 5 years previously and had grown since then. Prior to presentati on there were 2 episodes of intratumoral hemorrhage. Funduscopy reveal ed tortuous vessels on the left. Complete tumour excision was performe d. Histology showed numerous channels lined by a flat endothelium, and inflammatory cells in the fibrous septae. A diagnosis of a conjunctiv al lymphangioma was established. The tortuosity of the retinal vessels was probably associated by chance or caused by an undetected orbital lymphangioma.