title: Conjunctival mycosis masquerading as melanoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a patient with a melanotic lesion of the conjunctiva that mimicked melanoma but proved to be a fungal infection on biopsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 75-year-old white man was examined for a 3-month history of a deeply pigmented lesion of the conjunctiva at the limbus of the right eye that closely resembled conjunctival melanoma. The lesion was completely excised.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Histologic examination revealed fungal elements without evidence of tumor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although rare, fungi should be included in the differential diagnosis of pigmented lesions of the conjunctiva.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Laquis
authors.forename: Matthew W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Barrett G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Haik
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: Wilson
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*