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From: Case report of ocular Kaposi’s sarcoma

Fig. 1

The progress of KS tumors in the eye wall. Panel (a) shows the initial ocular presentation. A 4 × 5 mm anciotenic, reddish, slightly elevated (almost invisible) lesion was located on the nasal sclera and separated from the conjunctiva near the cornea limbus of the patient’s right eye. Panel (b) shows the solitary lesion had grown larger 6 months later. It grew to nearly 10 × 10 mm, invaded the clear cornea, and almost reached the margo pupillaris. Panel (c) shows the red lesion invaded into two thirds of the cornea. The lesion uplifted higher on the sclera and presented a carnification with clear border. Panel (d) shows the ocular appearance 2 weeks after a sub-conjunctival injection of bevacizumab. No obvious regression of the neoplasm was observed. The conjunctival congestion was slightly reduced and the nourishing vessels were narrowed. Panel (e) shows the completely invaded cornea with a red appearance3months later following the subconjunctival injection. The lesion of the nasal sclera made little progress. A large vessel extended from the temporal sclera to the cornea (arrow). Panel (f) shows the ocular surface 1 month after surgery. Many corneal vessels in the peripheral corneal stroma and some conjunctival hemorrhages were noted. No neoplastic mass was observed

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