Neoplasm of the Limbus conjunctiva / by Joseph Schneider.

  • Schneider, Joseph, active 1892.
Date:
1892
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Credit: Neoplasm of the Limbus conjunctiva / by Joseph Schneider. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NEOPLASM OF THE LIMBUS CONJUNCTIVA. BY JOSEPH SCHNEIDER, M. D., OF MILWAUKEE, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OTOLOGY. On May 25, 1891, Mr. F , age 68, of Prospect, Wis., consulted me concerning the growth on his left eye. He gave the following history: His health has always been exceptionally good. Two years ago he noticed in the inner canthus on the left eye ball a red spot; at first it gave him no inconvenience, but suddenly with- out any known disturbance began to extend in all directions, spreading over the whole inner half of the ball, completely covering the cornea, thus causing much inconvenience, some pain, and the reduction of the sight to the perception of light only. On examination I found, as photograph plainly shows, pro- jecting through the lids, a mass, not smooth and glistening but rough and uneven, covered by large granulations and in form and appearance resembling a large strawberry. On further examination I found that the mass could be lifted away from the cornea, on which it lay, as far as the corneo- scleral limbus, at which point for 4 m. m. perpendicularly it was immovably attached; but from this margin to the inner canthus, the growth, with the attached conjunctiva, was very movable. With the exceptions of the cornea, which was hazy, the media were clear and normal in appearance. The examination showed clearly I had to deal with a tumor having its origin at the corneo-scleral margin ; of the tumors having their origin at this limbus there are those considered as of a malignant and those of a non-malignant character;