DR. SAKSHI MAKHLOGA

DR. SHREYA SHAH, DR. MEHUL SHAH

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:KERATIC HORN IS PRE MALIGNANT OR MALIGNANT LESION OF SKIN HAVING CORN SHAPED TUMOR.CUTANEOUS HORN IS A RELATIVELY RARE TUMOR,MOST OFTEN ARISING ON SUN-EXPOSED SKIN IN ELDERLY MEN.

CASE: A PATIENT 10/F HAS PRESENTED WITH A MASS OVER LOWER LID OD SINCE 6 MONTHS PROGRESSIVE AND PAINLESS FOLLOWING TRAUMA BY UNKNOWN OBJECT.VISION AND OCULAR FINDINGS OF ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SEGMENT WERE FOUND NORMAL.ON EXAMINATION OF LESION WAS 15MMX 8MMX 5MM AND PIGMENTED.LESION WAS EXCISED AND SPECIMEN SUBMITTED TO PATHOLOGY.MICROSCOPICALLY SERIAL SECTION SHOWS AN INFLAMMATORY MASS WITH CYSTIC CHANGES.

CONCLUSION: PROMPT DIAGNOSIS OF THE LESION BY APPROPRIATE BIOPSY IS MANDATORY.SURGICAL EXCISION DONE AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION SHOWED INFLAMMATORY CHANGES SO THIS LESION WAS LIKE KERATIC HORN BUT FOUND INFLAMMATORY IN NATURE.