Un carcinome épidermoïde de la conjonctive révélé par une ulcération chronique du limbe cornéen

A 78-year-old man presented a limbic corneal ulcer of the left eye that had appeared a few months before. Ophthalmologic examination showed a thinning limbic corneal ulceration, associated with substantial conjunctival thickening. The diagnosis of Mooren pseudo-ulcer was first suspected. Etiological investigations were negative. The worsening of the corneal ulcer led us to perform surgical excision on the conjunctiva around the ulcer. Histologic examination concluded in an invasive conjunctival carcinoma. Adjuvant radiotherapy was required because of incomplete surgical excision and chorion tumoral invasion.