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Category: Volume 10 Issue 11 November 2022
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Title: Eosinophilic Angiocentric Fibrosis in Upper Eyelid Conjunctiva: A Case Report

Authors: Vasundhara Sharma, Ashok Kumar Kapoor, Bandana Mehrotra, Sanjay Mehrotra, Supriya Mehrotra, Deepak Thakran

 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v10i11.22

Abstract

Eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis is a rare lesion of head and neck region included in the spectrum of Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) related disease. It has characteristic histologic findings of onion skin fibrosis and prominent eosinophilia. In the present case, the subject is a 45 year old female presenting with a painless mass in right upper lid of five years duration.

Keywords: Eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis (EAF) IgG4 related disease conjunctiva.

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Corresponding Author

Vasundhara Sharma

RML Mehrotra Pathology, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow