Pathology

Conjunctiva

Surgery

Lymphatic system

Lymphangiectasia

Biopsy

Chemosis

Medicine

Survey of Ophthalmology

Conjunctival lymphangiectasia is an uncommon clinical condition in which there is dilatation of lymphatic channels in the bulbar conjunctiva. Conjunctival lymphangiectasia is a rarely appreciated ocular surface disorder that typically occurs as a secondary phenomenon in response to local lymphatic scarring or distal obstruction. Conjunctival lymphangiectasia can either be unilateral or bilateral with focal or diffuse bulbar chemosis. We present 11 cases of biopsy-proven conjunctival lymphangiectasia.

Conjunctival Lymphangiectasia: A Report of 11 Cases and Review of Literature