摘要
Dear Editor,My name is Jun Chen and I am currently working as an ophthalmologist at the Affiliated Nanping First Hospital of Fujian Medical University.I am writing this letter to present a case of a tooth lesion in the eyelid.Choristomas are believed to be developmental malformations of normal,mature-appearing tissues in an abnormal anatomic location[1].Choristomas consist of dermis-like tissue or ectopic tissues of mesoectodermal origin(lacrimal and other glands,fat,nerve,brain,cartilage,bone,and teeth)[2].An ectopic tooth in the eyelid was first reported by Van Der Straeten[3]in 1934,then reported by Subramaniam et al[4]in 1966 and finally by Jakobiec et al[5]who named it palpebral odontogenic choristoma in 2009.Here,we describe a case of a tooth lesion in the eyelid in a Chinese infant.According to Declaration of Helsinki,a written voluntary informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and accompanying images.
