Proposed by Lee and Hirst, the phrase ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) includes the clinical continuum of mild, moderate, and severe dysplasia, carcinoma in situ, and invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).[1] It is important to understand that dysplasia and carcinoma in situ, together constituting conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), are premalignant by definition, and SCC is ...

Persistent infection with bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BHV-1) was established in all rabbits after conjunctival inoculation of virus. Spontaneous reactivations of BHV-1 with and without the appearance of recurrent ocular lesions were observed in persistently infected rabbits. BHV-1 was reactivated predictably and shed from all persistently infected rabbits after the administration of dexamethason...

Persistent infection with bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) was established in all rabbits following conjunctival inoculation of virus. Spontaneous reactivations of BHV-1 with and without the appearance of recurrent ocular lesions were observed in persistently infected rabbits. BHV-1 was reactivated predictably and shed from all persistently infected rabbits following the administration of dexametha...

Background/Aim: This study analysed the prevalence of characteristics evaluated in dermatoscopy for melanocytic infiltrations conjunctiva with various degrees malignancy. Patients and Methods: A total 160 conjunctival pigmented lesions were studied. Each lesion was scored using dermatoscopic patterns malignancy described by Kittler. Also, Authors’ own clues added to evaluation. Results: In mela...

Background/Aim: To describe the clinical progress and management of ocular side effects in a 35-year-old patient with metastatic breast cancer who underwent oral chemotherapy capecitabine lapatinib. Materials Methods: Slit lamp evaluation revealed bilateral perikeratic hyperemia, perilimbal conjunctival edema associated corneal marginal infiltrates epithelial anterior stromal defects both eyes....

Four cases of conjunctival squamous carcinoma invading the cornea are presented. The surgical technique of excising the tumours from the cornea by lamellar keratectomy is described. Histology of the lesions showed well differentiated squamous carcinoma invading the superficial layers of the cornea only. Large invasive squamous cell carcinomas of the cornea result because of neglect of small par...

Amyloidosis of the eyelid is uncommon and is typically associated with systemic associations. In contrast, amyloidosis of the conjunctiva is often localised with no other associations. We present a rare case of a 92-year-old gentleman with both cutaneous lid lesions and conjunctival amyloid with no systemic involvement. Biopsy demonstrated the hallmarks of amyloid and treatment has remained con...

The patient was a 48-year-old woman admitted to the intensive care unit for respiratory failure, hemoptysis, and acute renal failure. Of note, there was a 2 month history of odynophagia, aphonia, fluctuating bilateral conjunctival injection, joint and muscle pain, and low-grade fever, together with an episode of chondritis of the pinna of the left ear and the appearance of asymptomatic skin les...

A bacillus which corresponds closely with the description of B. granulosis Noguchi was isolated from 1 of 5 typical cases of trachoma in Chinese. Inoculation of suspensions of this bacillus into the eyelids of M. sinensis monkeys produced scarring and contraction of the tarsal cartilages with the development of a few conjunctival follicles in 2 out of 5 animals. The possible relations of the ob...