Giant corneal keloid: case report and review of the literature.

PURPOSE: To report a patient with a tumor-like corneal keloid.

METHODS

Retrospective review of clinical features and histopathologic findings.

RESULTS

A 68-year-old woman with a remote history of an orbital tumor treated with radiation developed a corneal tumor. A biopsy of the tumor showed fibrocellular tissue, and her blind painful eye was enucleated. Pathologic findings in the enucleated eye showed that the corneal mass was consistent with a large keloid.

CONCLUSIONS

A corneal keloid may clinically appear as a large corneal tumor.