Ligneous conjunctivitis

Conjuntivitis leñosa

Objective: to present and describe the clinical manifestations of ligneous (woody) conjunctivitis in a patient seen at Hospital de San José in Bogotá.  Design: descriptive, retrospective study and case report. Methodology: review and analysis of the literature with reference to the diagnosis of the pathology, with variables as similar as possible to those found in the patient, with the purpose of characterizing the condition and determining a satisfactory management. Description: a 19-year-old patient with early manifestations (from birth) consisting of giant papilla type lesions in upper tarsal conjunctiva in both eyes. Confluent papillae with lobed masses dependent on the superior tarsal conjunctiva were evidenced upon ophthalmological exam. The biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of congenital woody conjunctivitis.

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