Medical Must-See: Mushroom-like tumour sprouts from girl’s eye
The patient showed ‘remarkable improvement’ when treated with timolol, according to her doctors.
Large conjunctival pyogenic granulomas are typically managed with surgery, but Egyptian doctors set their sights on a non-invasive alternative when treating this paediatric case.Â
The 13-year-old patient first presented with mild redness in both eyes two weeks after undergoing uneventful strabismus surgery with bilateral medial rectus recession.
There was no history of trauma, itching, discharge or rubbing.
Two weeks later, the patient was back — this time with a giant conjunctival pyogenic granuloma on the left eye (main image).Â
