Labial adenocarcinoma after treatment with cyclosporin a in a patient withpanuveitis

Authors
Ramchandani, M Brown, AMS Rippin, JW Murray, PI
Citation
M. Ramchandani et al., Labial adenocarcinoma after treatment with cyclosporin a in a patient withpanuveitis, AM J OPHTH, 130(1), 2000, pp. 127-128
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Optalmology,"da verificare
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029394 → ACNP
Volume
130
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
127 - 128
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9394(200007)130:1<127:LAATWC>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
PURPOSE: To report a case of labial basal cell adenocarcinoma in a patient with uveitis on treatment with cyclosporin A. METHOD: Case report. A 73-year-old woman with panuveitis and retinal vascul itis presented with a lump on her lip after 52 months of treatment with cyc losporin A. RESULT: Excision biopsy showed a labial adenocarcinoma. CONCLUSION: Malignancy can occur after long-term cyclosporin A treatment fo r uveitis. (C) 2000 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.