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Conjunctival mycosis masquerading as melanoma
Stephen J Laquis1, Matthew W Wilson, Barrett G Haik
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|July 4, 2002
Abstract
Purpose:
To report a patient with a melanotic lesion of the conjunctiva that mimicked melanoma but proved to be a fungal infection on biopsy.
Design:
Interventional case report.
Methods:
A 75-year-old white man was examined for a 3-month history of a deeply pigmented lesion of the conjunctiva at the limbus of the right eye that closely resembled conjunctival melanoma. The lesion was completely excised.
Results:
Histologic examination revealed fungal elements without evidence of tumor.
Conclusion:
Although rare, fungi should be included in the differential diagnosis of pigmented lesions of the conjunctiva.