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Arch Ophthalmol. 2003;121:730-732.

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Elsas and Green¹ defined a dermolipoma as "a congenital, choristomatous tumor containing dermis-like connective tissue and adipose tissue; it was usually covered by nonkeratinized, or less commonly by keratinized squamous epithelium." On pathologic study, bone has been found adjacent to excised dermolipomas in several reports.^2-4 In an article by Eijpe et al⁵ on the characteristic appearance of dermolipomas on computed tomography (CT) scan, the authors did not find calcification in any of their 10 reported cases.⁵ We report the clinical, CT scan, and pathologic findings of a patient with bone located centrally within, rather than adjacent to, a pedunculated dermolipoma.

Report of a Case

At birth, a mass was noted at the left lateral canthal area in an otherwise healthy girl. The mass reportedly remained the same size relative to her eyelid and facial structures as she grew. When she was 6 months old, her pediatrician obtained a CT scan of the orbits. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Corresponding author and reprints: Gary S. Lissner, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, 15th Floor, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, 675 N St Clair, Chicago, IL 60611 (e-mail: glissner@nmff.org).