Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of conjunctival blue nevus study population.
| Pt | Age (years) | Gender | Location | Pre-excision diagnosis | Race Ethnicity |
Size mm* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 | M | Palpebral | Benign | Black/NH | 2.5×1.5 |
| 2 | 82 | M | Palpebral | PAM | White/NH | 4×2.5 |
| 3 | 56 | M | Palpebral | Melanoma | White/H | 5×1 |
| 4 | 58 | F | Inferior fornix | PAM | – | 2×1 |
| 5 | 32 | M | Bulbar | Incidental with PKP | White/H | 3×1 |
| 6 | 30 | M | Bulbar | Benign | White/NH | 2×3 |
| 7 | 61 | F | Bulbar | Melanoma | White/NH | 10×8 |
| 8 | 43 | F | Bulbar | Melanoma | White/H | 4×2 |
| 9 | 27 | M | Bulbar | Nevus | – | 3×2 |
| 10 | 58 | F | Bulbar | Melanoma | White/NH | 4×3 |
| 11* | 79 | F | Bulbar/episcleral | Metastatic melanoma | White/H | 6.5×5 |
| 12* | 65 | M | Bulbar | Melanocytosis | Black/NH | 3×1 |
| 13 | 58 | F | Bulbar | Incidental with RD repair | – | 3×1 |
| 14 | 65 | F | Bulbar | Incidental with scleral buckle removal | White/NH | 5.5×2.5 |
| 15 | 42 | F | Bulbar | Incidental with pterygium | White/H | 0.5×0.5 |
| 16 | 45 | M | Bulbar | Incidental with PKP | White/NH | 7×4 |
| 17 | 57 | M | Bulbar | Incidental with pterygium | White/H | 6×1 |
| 18 | 52 | F | Bulbar | Incidental with pterygium | White/H | 2.5×2 |
| 19 | 39 | M | Caruncle | Incidental with nasolacrimal duct surgery | White/NH | 2×1 |
| 20 | 63 | M | Caruncle | Nevus vs melanosis | – | 3×2 |
| 21 | 71 | M |
Conjunctiva at limbus OS Inferior Fornix OS Inferior Fornix OD |
PAM | White/H | 1.5×1 3×2.5 3×3 |
Pt=patient; M=male; F=female, H=Hispanic; NH=non-Hispanic; PAM=primary acquired melanosis; PKP=penetrating keratoplasty; RD=retinal detachment
*
by pathology report; – information not available
**
Patients with previous or concurrent history of cancer