Conjunctival melanocytic nevi of childhood.
J Cutan Pathol
; 26(5): 248-52, 1999 May.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10408350
ABSTRACT
Two young patients with conjunctival compound nevi are presented to illustrate two types of abnormalities that lead to difficulty in distinction of these nevi from invasive melanomas. In Case 1, inflammation is associated with disruption of the nevus cell architecture and cytologic atypia. In Case 2, the occurrence of a combined nevus (compound and blue nevus types) in the conjunctiva leads to diagnostic problems. Circumscription of the lesions, lack of mitoses in the substantia propria, and lack of pagetoid spread of atypical cells in the adjacent conjunctival epithelium support benign diagnoses in both cases.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Conjunctival Neoplasms
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Nevus, Pigmented
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Cutan Pathol
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turkey