Malignant Melanoma Arising From Unusual Conjunctival Blue Nevus
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Malignant melanoma arising from unusual conjunctival blue nevus.
Cellular blue nevus is an uncommon pigmented tumor in the conjunctiva, where it generally appears as a deep, circumscribed, pigmented conjunctival mass. We report a case of conjunctival blue nevus that clinically resembled primary acquired melanosis and gave rise to conjunctival melanoma. A 41-year-old man developed a diffuse pigmented mass in the inferior fornix of his left eye. Over a 20-year...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.118.11.1581