Conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia in a patient treated with tacrolimus after liver transplantation.

Authors :: Pournaras JA
Chamot L
Uffer S
Zografos L
Source :: Cornea [Cornea] 2007 Dec; Vol. 26 (10), pp. 1261-2.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: Purpose: To report a case of conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia in a patient treated with tacrolimus after liver transplantation for hepatic carcinoma.<br />Methods: Description of the initial clinical presentation of a patient, tumor management, and 15-month follow-up.<br />Results: A 70-year-old man presented with a conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia that developed on the site of a preexisting pterygium. After total surgical removal and additional application of mitomycin, local tumor control was achieved.<br />Conclusions: We describe a case of intraepithelial conjunctival neoplasia in a patient treated with systemic tacrolimus. Local tumor control was achieved at 15 months after appropriate surgical management.

Subjects :: Aged
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic therapeutic use
Carcinoma in Situ drug therapy
Carcinoma in Situ surgery
Combined Modality Therapy
Conjunctival Neoplasms drug therapy
Conjunctival Neoplasms surgery
Humans
Liver Neoplasms drug therapy
Male
Mitomycin therapeutic use
Carcinoma in Situ etiology
Conjunctival Neoplasms etiology
Immunosuppressive Agents therapeutic use
Liver Transplantation
Tacrolimus therapeutic use

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