TY  - JOUR
T1  - ABerrant lacrimal gland
AU  - METTIER SR, Jr.
Y1  - 1958/09/01
N1  - 10.1001/archopht.1958.00940080506023
JO  - A.M.A. Archives of Ophthalmology
SP  - 488
EP  - 491
VL  - 60
IS  - 3
N2  - A survey of the English medical literature reveals that there are six documented cases of aberrant tissue with a structure identical to that of the lacrimal gland involving the eye. Of these only two extended onto the cornea. It is the purpose of this paper to review the known information on this subject and to present such a congenital abnormality in which aberrant lacrimal gland tissue involved the sclera and cornea.François and Rabaey1 reported finding a tumor located under the limbal conjunctiva of the right eye in a 36-year-old woman, who had first noted its presence at the age of 10 years. The position of the lesion was between 3:30 and 5 o'clock. It was described as a yellowish well-defined thin tumor measuring 5 × 3.5 mm. Histological examination revealed its structure to be identical with that of the lacrimal gland.Dame2 reported a case in a
SN  - 0096-6339
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archopht.1958.00940080506023
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1958.00940080506023
ER  -