Topical fluorouracil after surgery for ocular surface squamous neoplasia in Kenya: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is an aggressive eye tumour particularly affecting people with HIV in Africa. Primary treatment is surgical excision; however, tumour recurrence is common. We assessed the effect of fluorouracil 1% eye
Burton, MJ +12 more
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Topical use of mitomycin C for the treatment of corneal-conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia and conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma: preliminary results [PDF]
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, efficacy and recurrence after topical use of mitomycin C (MMC) for primary or recurrent corneal-conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and recurrent squamous cell carcinoma (SCC ...
Ballalai, Priscilla Luppi +5 more
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Myxomas are rare neoplasms of mesenchymal origin. Cases of conjunctival, corneal, and orbital myxomas have been reported in the literature; however, to the best of our knowledge, there is no report of a lacrimal gland myxoma.
Drushti Parikh, Bipasha Mukherjee
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Association of Disease Location and Treatment With Survival in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Eye and Ocular Adnexal Region. [PDF]
Importance: Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the ocular region is rare, and the utility of surgery and radiation therapy remains unresolved.
Ahmed, Aseef H H. +2 more
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Clinical and epidemiological aspect of malignant neoplasm of conjunctiva in the Chelyabinsk region
Malignant neoplasms of conjunctiva (MNC) are characterized by high degree of malignancy and predisposed to invasive growth and generalization of the process, which leads to fatal outcomes.
L. E. Semenova +2 more
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Incidence of orbital, conjunctival and lacrimal gland malignant tumors in USA from Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results, 1973-2009 [PDF]
AIM: To determine the types and incidence of tumors affecting the orbit, conjunctiva and lacrimal glands and to study the trend line of these tumors in the United States from 1973 to 2009.
Alfaar, Ahmad S. +3 more
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Tumors of the conjunctiva and cornea comprise a large and varied spectrum of conditions. These tumors are grouped into two major categories of congenital and acquired lesions.
Ihab Saad Othman
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Background/purpose: To describe the clinical and histologic characteristics of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) and evaluate factors significant in recurrence at a university hospital in North Taiwan.
I-Hsin Ma +7 more
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Pilomatrix carcinoma of the lacrimal caruncle: a case report. [PDF]
A 45-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of a mass located in the caruncle of his right eye. An incisional biopsy had been performed one month prior by another specialist, and the histopathology report showed basal cell carcinoma.
Acıkalin, Arbil +4 more
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Conjunctival Follicular Lymphoma after Treatment for Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Backgrounds/Aims: The authors describe the case of a 79-year-old Caucasian woman who presented an ocular adnexal lesion as the first clinical manifestation of a systemic follicular lymphoma, highlighting the clinicopathological features of this rare ...
Laura Pires da Cunha +5 more
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