Paralimbal amyloid tumour.

A 60-year-old Muslim female was admitted to hospital on January 1, 1965, with the complaint of a gradually increasing mass over the cornea of the left eye for the last 8 years. There was no history of venereal disease, chronic septic foci, or tuberculosis. Examination.-Her general health was normal; the liver and spleen were not enlarged. The lids of the left eye were normal. A growth covered the whole cornea, arising from a site near the temporal limbus, and extending medially up to the caruncle. The nasal end was free and the temporal end had an arc-like attachment from 2 to 5 o'clock round the limbus. It was smooth, pink in colour, non-tender, and soft in consistency. Only one-quarter of the upper portion of the cornea was left clear (Fig. 1). The right eye was normal.