Current Management of Conjunctival Melanoma Part 1: Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Histopathology
Conjunctival melanoma is a rare disease which makes up approximately 5% of ocular melanomas. The lesion may occur de novo or originate from a pre-existing nevus or primary acquired melanosis. Biomicroscopy is of paramount importance in diagnosis and follow-up of the disease, while other diagnostic m...
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| description | Conjunctival melanoma is a rare disease which makes up approximately 5% of ocular melanomas. The lesion may occur de novo or originate from a pre-existing nevus or primary acquired melanosis. Biomicroscopy is of paramount importance in diagnosis and follow-up of the disease, while other diagnostic modalities serve as supplementary tools. Many clinical and histopathological risk factors have been reported for prognosis. This review aims to address the clinical findings, differential diagnosis, diagnostic tools, prognostic factors, and staging of this disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03236d181c4345e58f1e89622da41bcf2023-02-15T16:07:42ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Oftalmoloji Dergisi1300-06592147-26612020-10-0150529330310.4274/tjo.galenos.2020.3809613049054Current Management of Conjunctival Melanoma Part 1: Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Histopathologyİrem Koç0Hayyam Kıratlı1 Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Oküler Onkoloji Servisi, Ankara, Türkiye Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Oküler Onkoloji Servisi, Ankara, Türkiye Conjunctival melanoma is a rare disease which makes up approximately 5% of ocular melanomas. The lesion may occur de novo or originate from a pre-existing nevus or primary acquired melanosis. Biomicroscopy is of paramount importance in diagnosis and follow-up of the disease, while other diagnostic modalities serve as supplementary tools. Many clinical and histopathological risk factors have been reported for prognosis. This review aims to address the clinical findings, differential diagnosis, diagnostic tools, prognostic factors, and staging of this disease. http://www.oftalmoloji.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/current-management-of-conjunctival-melanoma-part-1/41736 conjunctival melanomadiagnosisprognosis |
| spellingShingle | İrem Koç Hayyam Kıratlı Current Management of Conjunctival Melanoma Part 1: Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Histopathology Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi conjunctival melanoma diagnosis prognosis |
| title | Current Management of Conjunctival Melanoma Part 1: Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Histopathology |
| title_full | Current Management of Conjunctival Melanoma Part 1: Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Histopathology |
| title_fullStr | Current Management of Conjunctival Melanoma Part 1: Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Histopathology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current Management of Conjunctival Melanoma Part 1: Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Histopathology |
| title_short | Current Management of Conjunctival Melanoma Part 1: Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Histopathology |
| title_sort | current management of conjunctival melanoma part 1 clinical features diagnosis and histopathology |
| topic | conjunctival melanoma diagnosis prognosis |
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