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. 1997 Feb;81(2):168. doi: 10.1136/bjo.81.2.168

Diffuse intraepithelial sebaceous carcinoma of the conjunctiva

K LOEFFLER, J PERLMAN
PMCID: PMC1722106  PMID: 9059254

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Figure 1  .

Figure 1  

Clinical photograph of the patient's eye before enucleation. Note diffusely inflamed conjunctiva, loss of lower lid lashes, and corneal opacification near the superior limbus.

Figure 2  .

Figure 2  

Representative light microscopic appearance of first conjunctival biopsy (Histology No B91-281). (A) Note irregularly thickened epithelium and moderate inflammatory cell infiltrate in the substantia propria. (Haematoxylin and eosin, × 70.) (B) Higher magnification of intraepithelial malignant cells infiltrating between apparently normal conjunctival epithelium. Numerous mitotic figures (arrows) are present. (Haematoxylin and eosin, × 280.)


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