DR.SAUGATA PODDAR

DR. SHREOSHEE GHOSH, DR.PURBAN GANGULY, DR. ANWESHA MAITRA

Abstract

Schwannomas involving the epibulbar conjunctiva is an extremely rare clinical

entity and has been reported scantily in literature. In this case, a 35 year old healthy

male presented with a pinkish , highly vascular and globular mass involving the

conjunctiva in the nasal quadrant of the left eye. The mass was completely excised

and histopathology revealed an encapsulated tumor, with cells displaying elongated

nuclei and few Verocay bodies with palisaded nuclei, suggestive of schwannoma.

This case thus highlights schwannoma as a differential diagnosis of conjunctival

masses.