[Nodular melanoma on primary acquired conjunctival melanosis].
A 74-year-old woman consulted for bloody tears. The etiology was a large conjunctival nodular melanoma hidden in the left superior fornix that had developed quietly on an unknown primary acquired melanosis. In this report the clinical and histological features as well as the treatment are presented. A decisional tree summarizes the treatment for conjunctival melanosis.
Duchateau
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Service Central d'Anatomopathologie, Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France.
Meyer
A
A
Hugol
D
D
Allali
J
J
Audouin
J
J
Renard
G
G
D'Hermies
F
F
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008548:Melanosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D013666:Tears; D016896:Treatment Outcome