title: Primary basal cell carcinoma of the limbal conjunctiva.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The authors describe a 66-year-old man with primary basal cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva. He presented with a fleshy nodular conjunctival lesion of 4 months' duration, located at the nasal limbus of the left eye. No associated cutaneous lesions were present.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The lesion was completely excised, and results of histopathologic examination showed a primary basal cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report provides clinicopathologic evidence that primary basal cell carcinoma can rarely occur in the conjunctiva. The authors summarize two well-documented previously reported cases of this unusual lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Patrinely
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Font
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016850:Limbus Corneae / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male