Eye cancer in a young male with a vaping history

Carol Shields, Min Kim, Sara Lally, Patricia Chévez-Barrios, Jerry Shields

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Abstract

We report a new observation of conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in a young man following years of electronic cigarette use. A 22-year-old man with a 5-year electronic cigarette use (vaping) developed painless unilateral blurred vision in the right eye from mild superficial corneal opacification, unresponsive to topical antiviral therapy. Corneal scraping documented no infectious etiology. The abnormality persisted for 1 year and superficial keratectomy revealed high-grade CIN with enlarged pleomorphic and dyskeratotic cells. Interferon-alpha-2b was instituted. In this case, chronic exposure to electronic cigarette vapors (vaping) could have been associated with CIN in this young patient.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1699-1701
Number of pages3
JournalIndian Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume68
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2020

Keywords

  • Cancer
  • conjunctiva
  • electronic cigarettes
  • eye
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • vaping

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ophthalmology

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