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Benign Epithelial Melanoses of the Conjunctiva

MedGen UID:
1764025
•Concept ID:
C5420766
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A group of benign, non-neoplastic lesions in the conjunctiva characterized by increased production of melanin without proliferation of conjunctival melanocytes. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBenign Epithelial Melanoses of the Conjunctiva

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Excimer laser ablation of conjunctival epithelial melanosis.
Kim JH, Hahn TW
J Cataract Refract Surg 1993 Mar;19(2):309-11. doi: 10.1016/s0886-3350(13)80963-7. PMID: 8487181

Diagnosis

Anterior segment optical coherence tomography in ocular surface tumours and simulating lesions.
Gündüz AK, Mirzayev I, Okcu Heper A, Kuzu I, Gahramanli Z, Cansiz Ersöz C, Gündüz ÖÖ, Ataoğlu Ö
Eye (Lond) 2023 Apr;37(5):925-937. Epub 2022 Dec 13 doi: 10.1038/s41433-022-02339-1. PMID: 36513855Free PMC Article
Corneal dysplastic melanosis associated with recurrent corneal erosions: A case report.
Lee HK, Lee C, Kim MK
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Dec;97(51):e13367. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000013367. PMID: 30572441Free PMC Article
Cystic benign melanosis of the conjunctiva.
Laird PW, Woodward MA, Williams JG, Lee WB, Grossniklaus HE
Cornea 2012 Nov;31(11):1273-7. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823d1ec4. PMID: 23044615Free PMC Article
Impression cytology of conjunctival melanosis and melanoma.
Paridaens AD, McCartney AC, Curling OM, Lyons CJ, Hungerford JL
Br J Ophthalmol 1992 Apr;76(4):198-201. doi: 10.1136/bjo.76.4.198. PMID: 1390485Free PMC Article
Primary acquired melanosis of the conjunctiva is melanoma in situ.
Ackerman AB, Sood R, Koenig M
Mod Pathol 1991 Mar;4(2):253-63. PMID: 2047386

Prognosis

Excimer laser ablation of conjunctival epithelial melanosis.
Kim JH, Hahn TW
J Cataract Refract Surg 1993 Mar;19(2):309-11. doi: 10.1016/s0886-3350(13)80963-7. PMID: 8487181
Impression cytology of conjunctival melanosis and melanoma.
Paridaens AD, McCartney AC, Curling OM, Lyons CJ, Hungerford JL
Br J Ophthalmol 1992 Apr;76(4):198-201. doi: 10.1136/bjo.76.4.198. PMID: 1390485Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Corneal dysplastic melanosis associated with recurrent corneal erosions: A case report.
Lee HK, Lee C, Kim MK
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Dec;97(51):e13367. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000013367. PMID: 30572441Free PMC Article
Impression cytology of conjunctival melanosis and melanoma.
Paridaens AD, McCartney AC, Curling OM, Lyons CJ, Hungerford JL
Br J Ophthalmol 1992 Apr;76(4):198-201. doi: 10.1136/bjo.76.4.198. PMID: 1390485Free PMC Article
Light and electron microscopic studies of malignant melanoma of conjunctiva and palpebra.
Ueno H, Tamai A, Noda K, Kishi S, Iyota K, Masaoka N, Wada H
Jpn J Ophthalmol 1983;27(3):459-67. PMID: 6656010

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