Compound nevus of the cornea simulating a foreign body.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
To report a corneal nevus, without conjunctival involvement, that clinically simulated a metallic foreign body. Case report with clinicopathologic correlation. A 22-year-old man developed a superficial pigmented lesion of his left cornea. It was suspected to be a chronically retained foreign body, but a melanocytic neoplasm could not be excluded. The lesion was removed by lamellar keratectomy and proved histopathologically to be a compound nevus of the cornea, without conjunctival involvement. Melanocytic nevus can rarely occur in the cornea. Involvement of the cornea by a melanocytic lesion does not necessarily imply a malignant melanoma.
Medical subject headings
- Adult
- Cornea
- Cornea/pathology
- Corneal Diseases
- Corneal Diseases/diagnosis
- Corneal Diseases/surgery
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Eye Foreign Bodies
- Eye Foreign Bodies/diagnosis
- Eye Foreign Bodies/surgery
- Eye Neoplasms
- Eye Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Eye Neoplasms/surgery
- Humans
- Male
- Nevus, Pigmented
- Nevus, Pigmented/diagnosis
- Nevus, Pigmented/surgery