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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 671-672 |
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| An unusual case of respiratory epithelial cyst of orbit presenting as a lid swelling in a child |
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Meenakshi Wadhwani1, Arti Khatri2
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalya, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Pathology, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalya, New Delhi, India
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| Date of Submission | 23-Jul-2021 |
| Date of Decision | 18-Nov-2021 |
| Date of Acceptance | 10-Jan-2022 |
| Date of Web Publication | 08-Jun-2022 |
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This case highlights the importance of histopathological examination in all cases of choristoma undergoing excision.
Keywords: Choristoma,dermoid cyst,, respiratory epithelial cyst
How to cite this article:
Wadhwani M, Khatri A. An unusual case of respiratory epithelial cyst of orbit presenting as a lid swelling in a child. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2022;65:671-2 |
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Wadhwani M, Khatri A. An unusual case of respiratory epithelial cyst of orbit presenting as a lid swelling in a child. Indian J Pathol Microbiol [serial online] 2022 [cited 2023 Mar 30];65:671-2. Available from: https://www.ijpmonline.org/text.asp?2022/65/3/671/351619 |
A 5-year-old male with a cystic swelling of the right upper lid for the past year presented to the ophthalmology department of a tertiary care hospital [Figure 1]a. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a cystic swelling with a provisional diagnosis of choristoma with no intracranial extension. The cyst was excised under general anesthesia, and the contents were sent for histopathological examination [Figure 1]b. Microscopic examination revealed cyst lined by flattened to stratified squamous epithelial lining with unremarkable adnexal structures [Figure 1]c, besides this cyst wall was lined focally by pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium (thick arrow) with goblet cells suggestive of respiratory epithelium cyst [Figure 1]d. Rest of the findings of the anterior and posterior segments of both eyes were unremarkable. Respiratory epithelium cyst should be considered as a differential diagnosis of an ocular cystic mass.[1],[2],[3] A choristoma is a normal tissue present at an abnormal location with the most common differential diagnosis of dermoid cyst. These choristomatous cysts are most commonly found in the pediatric age group after mucoceles. The dermoid cysts are generally lined by keratinized stratified squamous epithelium. The occurrence of ciliated columnar epithelium in the orbital region should be considered as choristomatous. Respiratory epithelium lined cysts are supposed to arise from the endoderm that has become sequestered in orbit in the course of development of paranasal sinuses during the third and fourth month of intrauterine life. Also, it can develop due to extension of paranasal sinus mucosa following bone erosion due to trauma or expanding mucocele.[4],[5] Although previously two cases of this respiratory epithelium cyst have been reported in the pediatric age group, these cases were presented as esotropia and infraorbital swelling, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, the current case is the third case in pediatrics with this type of cyst and presenting with a lid swelling.[2],[4] These cysts generally follow a benign course and recurrence of ocular symptoms are rare.[5] | Figure 1: (a) Preoperative photograph of the child showing swelling on right upper lid (arrow). (b) Intraoperative photograph of the child with cyst near right upper lid (arrow). (c) Cyst lined by flattened to stratified squamous epithelial lining with unremarkable adnexal structures (Haematoxylin and Eosin, 100X). (d) Cyst wall also lined focally by pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium (thick arrow) with goblet cells (thin arrow). (Haematoxylin and Eosin, 400X).
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Correspondence Address:
Arti Khatri
Chacha Nehru Bal Chiktsalaya, New Delhi-110031
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_757_21
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