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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 296-297 |
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Primary conjunctival amyloidosis causing ptosis, ectropion, and chalazion-like eyelid lumps
Rwituja Thomas, Parvathi Hari, Anjali Kiran, Roshmi Gupta
Department of Ophthalmic Plastics, Orbital Disease and Ocular Oncology, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Rwituja Thomas
Department of Ophthalmic Plastics, Orbital Disease and Ocular Oncology Service, Narayana Nethralaya, 121/C Chord Road, Rajajinagar 1st R Block, Bengaluru - 560 010, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/tjosr.tjosr_95_20
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Primary conjunctival amyloidosis is a rare entity. We present a patient with bilateral conjunctival amyloid, presenting with ptosis, ectropion, and chalazion-like lumps. Histopathology showed an amorphous eosinophilic lesion, and staining with Congo red showed apple-green birefringence.
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