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Volume 341:374-375 July 29, 1999 Number 5
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Carcinoma of the Corneoscleral Limbus in a Patient Treated with Cyclosporine after Heart Transplantation

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To the Editor: It is well established that immunosuppression after organ transplantation carries an increased risk of certain malignant tumors. Of these tumors, those of the skin and lip and lymphomas are the most common.1 We report a carcinoma of the corneoscleral limbus in a patient who was treated with cyclosporine after undergoing heart transplantation.

A 60-year-old man was referred because of a tumor of the corneoscleral limbus in his left eye. He had undergone a heart transplantation five years earlier. The patient had not previously had cancer or ocular disease, and he had not worn contact lenses. After undergoing . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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