A tooth lesion in the eyelid in a Chinese infant: a rare case report

• 作者: Jian Liu Jie Zhu Jun Chen Xiao Lin You-Sheng Zhang Yuan-Jian Wei
• 来源期刊: 国际眼科杂志:英文版
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: A TOOTH LESION in the EYELID in a CHINESE INFANT a RARE case report
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（11）
• 页码范围: 1807-1808
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Dear Editor,My name is Jun Chen and I am currently working as an ophthalmologist at the Affiliated Nanping First Hospital of Fujian Medical University.I am writing this letter to present a case of a tooth lesion in the eyelid.Choristomas are believed to be developmental malformations of normal,mature-appearing tissues in an abnormal anatomic location[1].Choristomas consist of dermis-like tissue or ectopic tissues of mesoectodermal origin(lacrimal and other glands,fat,nerve,brain,cartilage,bone,and teeth)[2].An ectopic tooth in the eyelid was first reported by Van Der Straeten[3]in 1934,then reported by Subramaniam et al[4]in 1966 and finally by Jakobiec et al[5]who named it palpebral odontogenic choristoma in 2009.Here,we describe a case of a tooth lesion in the eyelid in a Chinese infant.According to Declaration of Helsinki,a written voluntary informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and accompanying images.