Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia of lacrimal canaliculus caused by a silicone plug

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Nov-Dec;28(6):e138-40. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318249d406.

Abstract

Complications of tumorigenesis by a lacrimal silicone plug are rarely reported and most of them were cases of granuloma due to chronic inflammation. The authors present a case of a 57-year-old healthy woman complaining of lower eyelid swelling and protruding mass from lower punctum who had undergone insertion of a lacrimal silicone plug. Surgical mass resection was performed and initial histopathology revealed lymphoid hyperplasia. Additional immunophenotypic markers CD3, CD20, and BCL2 showed reactive lymphoid hyperplasia. It has a histopathologic significance in that it can mimic lymphoma and should be distinguished from malignancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Dry Eye Syndromes / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / etiology*
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / pathology
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostheses and Implants / adverse effects*
  • Pseudolymphoma / etiology*
  • Pseudolymphoma / pathology
  • Pseudolymphoma / surgery
  • Silicone Elastomers / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Silicone Elastomers