کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4032891 1603053 2008 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Multifocal Blue Nevus of the Conjunctiva
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی چشم پزشکی
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Multifocal Blue Nevus of the Conjunctiva
چکیده انگلیسی

Blue nevus is a congenital benign melanocytic tumor that classically occurs in the skin and carries low potential for malignant transformation. We report an unusual case of widely dispersed multifocal common blue nevus of the conjunctiva simulating conjunctival melanoma. A 55-year-old Hispanic woman was found to have multiple darkly pigmented lesions on her left eye. Excisional biopsy and adjuvant cryotherapy were performed. Histopathology revealed six pigmented foci within the substantia propria composed of spindle-shaped cells with a wavy dendritiform configuration consistent with common blue nevus. One lesion had associated racial melanosis and no lesion showed junctional activity or melanoma. In conclusion, conjunctival blue nevus can be multifocal and masquerade as melanoma.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Survey of Ophthalmology - Volume 53, Issue 1, January–February 2008, Pages 41–49
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