Conjunctival Nevus.
Conjunctival melanocytic tumor
Conjunctival melanoma
Conjunctival nevus
Malignant melanoma
Journal
Current ophthalmology reports
ISSN: 2167-4868
Titre abrégé: Curr Ophthalmol Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101605578
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
medline:
23
2
2024
pubmed:
23
2
2024
entrez:
23
2
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To provide an up-to-date review of the epidemiology, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment options for conjunctival nevi (CN). Around 17.2%-42% of all conjunctival tumors have been found to be CN, which most frequently present in White individuals between the first to early third decade of life, with equal distribution between males and females. CN commonly occur in the interpalpebral bulbar conjunctiva with pigmentation ranging from amelanotic to dark. Diagnosis is typically made through slit lamp examination, visualized by a well circumscribed, variably elevated, variably pigmented, solitary lesion with clear cysts distributed throughout the pigment. In ambiguous cases, anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) can highlight the presence of sub-clinical cysts, whose presence points to a diagnosis of nevus. However, excisional biopsy with histopathology examination is the gold standard for identifying CN. CN are benign, variably pigmented lesions. They are the most common of the conjunctival melanocytic tumors. Due to the extremely low risk of transformation to malignant melanoma (MM), CN are usually managed with routine observation and photo documentation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38390435
doi: 10.1007/s40135-023-00315-w
pmc: PMC10883671
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
104-112Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of Interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. The manuscript does not contain clinical studies or patient data.