Melanoma is a kind of cancer ... thin coating over the white of the eye called the conjunctiva. Choroidal nevi are little freckles -- colored areas in the back of your eye. They're benign, or ...

Conjunctival melanoma can cause the following symptoms: elevated, dark growths in the eye that may look like small moles or freckles vision changes, such as vision loss, flashing lights ...

He also said he had a dull ache in that same area of the ... a compound nevus. The conjunctival lesion was of concern to the patient because he had a family history of melanoma.

Primary acquired melanosis (PAM) presents as flat, diffuse or patchy areas of hyperpigmentation ... the clinical margins of the lesion. Conjunctival melanoma is composed of malignant melanocytes ...

Our eyes, as with many areas of our bodies, are very intricate. There are three areas where ocular melanoma can occur: the uvea, choroid and conjunctiva. The uvea is an area of the back of the eye ...

We included 40 patients initially treated at our centre for invasive conjunctival melanoma and 36 patients ... only if there were any suspicious areas of pigmentation. Ocular follow-up was ...

Conjunctival melanoma is an uncommon but aggressive ocular ... standard to avoid direct seeding of tumor cells to unaffected areas. In terms of reconstruction, surgeons may use various methods ...

If you have one, consider seeing a doctor to be sure the spot is not a melanoma ... small potential that they can become cancerous, which is why they need to be followed by a doctor. Conjunctival ...

In the following paper, we review the major malignant tumors of the ocular adnexa including the eyelid, conjunctiva and ... cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma. Immunotherapy with CD20 ...