Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4006999 | Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Corneal pigmented lesions tend to occur as a result of conjunctival or sclerocorneal limbus lesions spreading or arising de novo from melanocytic cells that have migrated following corneal injury. A biopsy should be carried out to type and distinguish benign lesions (nevus) from pre-malignant or malignant lesions (primary acquired melanosis or conjunctival melanoma).
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Authors
I.C. López-Meca, E. Alcaraz-Mateos, C. Córdoba-Polo, J. Belmonte-MartÃnez,