title: Infarcted Tarsal Pyogenic Granuloma Simulating Malignant Melanoma.
abstract: The authors describe a rapidly enlarging, pedunculated brown tarsal lesion in a 34-year-old man with a history of chalazia. Following excision, histopathologic analysis showed the features of a necrotic pyogenic granuloma. This unique case expands the differential diagnosis of conjunctival malignant melanoma.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Ophthalmology, and †Department of Pathology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Norman C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kahn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures