Brief reportManagement of conjunctival and corneal melanoma with surgical excision, amniotic membrane allograft, and topical chemotherapy☆
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Case report
A 40-year-old Caucasian woman noted conjunctival pigmentation, LE, for 20 years. Ophthalmic consultation (T.A.) raised concern for conjunctival melanoma, and the patient was referred to the Ocular Oncology Service (C.L.S., J.A.S.) at Wills Eye Hospital.
On examination, her visual acuity was 20/20 in each eye. The only pertinent finding was extensive pigmentation, LE, involving the entire bulbar conjunctival surface from limbus to fornix in all four quadrants, suggestive of primary acquired
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Supported by the Eye Tumor Research Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (C.L.S.) and the Paul Kayser International Award of Merit in Retina Research, Houston, Texas (J.A.S.).
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