purpose: to determine the prevalence of various types of conjunctival lesions, at a tertiary ophthalmic center in fars province, south of iran. methods: histopathologic slides and medical records of conjunctival lesions submitted to the pathology department of khalili hospital, shiraz, iran was reviewed from april, 2009 to july, 2013. the histopathologic diagnoses were categorized into benign, ...

Conjunctival concretions are single or clustered lesions frequently found on the palpebral conjunctiva. They commonly present in older individuals, despite being rarely symptomatic. This case report describes an 83-year-old man with multiple conjunctival concretions, which were surgically treated. The patient was symptomatic presentation and did not respond to conservative treatment. For this r...

PURPOSE To gain a better understanding of the molecular events leading to the development of conjunctival melanocytic lesions and conjunctival melanoma, this study was conducted to investigate the presence of T1799A BRAF oncogenic mutation in these lesions. METHODS Forty-eight surgically excised conjunctival melanocytic lesions from 48 patients were examined for the presence of the BRAF T1799...

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of various types of conjunctival lesions, at a tertiary ophthalmic center in Fars Province, South of Iran. METHODS Histopathologic slides and medical records of conjunctival lesions submitted to the pathology department of Khalili Hospital, Shiraz, Iran were reviewed from April, 2009 to July, 2013. The histopathologic diagnoses were categorized into benign,...

Conjunctival nevi in children and adolescents often have histologic features that can be difficult to differentiate from malignancy. We have identified a subset of childhood nevi displaying a confluent growth pattern and a lack of maturation that we have defined as juvenile conjunctival nevi (JCN), with the aim of further describing the clinicopathologic features of these lesions. Lesions ident...

ocular surface may be involved by different neoplastic lesions ranging from benign to highly malignant. recognition of risk factors, clinical presentations, pathology, and different therapeutic modalities is essential for selecting an appropriate approach. this article deals with the proper approach to ocular surface squamous neoplasia (ossn) including conjunctival/corneal intraepithelial neopl...

AIMS To evaluate cell growth and the pattern of p53 suppressor gene expression in atypical primary acquired melanosis (PAM) and in recurrent conjunctival melanoma. METHODS Eighteen specimens of PAM with atypia and 24 specimens, comprising early and late lesions, from 12 patients with conjunctival melanoma were stained for the proliferating cell nuclear antigen using the PC10 antibody, and for...

BACKGROUND/AIM This study aimed to develop an algorithm allowing the differentiation between conjunctival melanoma and other melanocytic infiltrations of conjunctiva, on basis a dermatoscopic examination. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total 160 pigmented lesions were studied (40 melanomas 120 non-melanoma infiltrations). The clinical characteristics tumours assessed with use as described by Kittler, t...