Pigmented conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma simulating a conjunctival melanoma - 03/09/11
Abstract |
PURPOSE: To report a pigmented conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma that clinically simulated a conjunctival melanoma.
DESIGN: Interventional case report.
METHODS: Ocular examination, surgical excision, and clinicopathologic correlation.
RESULTS: A 78-year-old white man developed a lightly pigmented mass at the temporal limbus of his right eye. The differential diagnosis included pigmented squamous cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma. Histopathologic examination revealed a malignant squamous cell tumor that contained foci of melanin pigment. The final diagnosis was pigmented conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma.
CONCLUSION: Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma may rarely be pigmented and simulate a conjunctival melanoma.
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| ☆ | This work was supported by the Eye Tumor Research Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Award of Merit in Retina Research, Houston Texas (J.A.S.) and the Macula Foundation, New York, New York (C.L.S.), the Noel T. and the Sara L. Simmonds Endowment for Ophthalmic Pathology, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (R.C.E.). |
Vol 132 - N° 1
P. 104-106 - juillet 2001 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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