Pterygium is thought to be a common benign lesion of the corneo-conjunctival limbus. We report a case in which the pathological examination of an apparently trivial pterygium disclosed the presence of a conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasm in a 53-year-old white male who has been living in Kenya for 35 years. An atypical grayish area on the lesion convinced the surgeon to request the histological examination.
Unexpected histological findings in pterygium / M. Degrassi, A. Piantanida, P. Nucci. - In: OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE. - ISSN 1040-5488. - 70:12(1993 Dec), pp. 1058-1060.
Unexpected histological findings in pterygium
P. NucciUltimo
1993
Abstract
Pterygium is thought to be a common benign lesion of the corneo-conjunctival limbus. We report a case in which the pathological examination of an apparently trivial pterygium disclosed the presence of a conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasm in a 53-year-old white male who has been living in Kenya for 35 years. An atypical grayish area on the lesion convinced the surgeon to request the histological examination.File in questo prodotto:
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