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Atypical Presentation of a Pigmented Oncocytoma of the Caruncle: A Case Report

We report an unusual case of a pigmented oncocytoma of the caruncle. The lesion presented the following atypical features: a well-circumscribed, partially pigmented, and lobulated mass that macroscopically resembled a caruncular nevus. However, an excision biopsy revealed an oncocytoma instead. Thus...

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Autores principales: Nicola, Maura Di, Miserocchi, Elisabetta, Rizzo, Nathalie, Grantoza, Charlene L., Bandello, Francesco, Modorati, Giulio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23898287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000353222
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author Nicola, Maura Di
Miserocchi, Elisabetta
Rizzo, Nathalie
Grantoza, Charlene L.
Bandello, Francesco
Modorati, Giulio
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description We report an unusual case of a pigmented oncocytoma of the caruncle. The lesion presented the following atypical features: a well-circumscribed, partially pigmented, and lobulated mass that macroscopically resembled a caruncular nevus. However, an excision biopsy revealed an oncocytoma instead. Thus, although nevi are the most common lesions found in the caruncle, oncocytoma should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of a pigmented caruncular mass, especially in elderly female patients.
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spelling pubmed-37250212013-07-29 Atypical Presentation of a Pigmented Oncocytoma of the Caruncle: A Case Report Nicola, Maura Di Miserocchi, Elisabetta Rizzo, Nathalie Grantoza, Charlene L. Bandello, Francesco Modorati, Giulio Case Rep Ophthalmol Published online: June, 2013 We report an unusual case of a pigmented oncocytoma of the caruncle. The lesion presented the following atypical features: a well-circumscribed, partially pigmented, and lobulated mass that macroscopically resembled a caruncular nevus. However, an excision biopsy revealed an oncocytoma instead. Thus, although nevi are the most common lesions found in the caruncle, oncocytoma should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of a pigmented caruncular mass, especially in elderly female patients. S. Karger AG 2013-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3725021/ /pubmed/23898287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000353222 Text en Copyright © 2013 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published online: June, 2013
Nicola, Maura Di
Miserocchi, Elisabetta
Rizzo, Nathalie
Grantoza, Charlene L.
Bandello, Francesco
Modorati, Giulio
Atypical Presentation of a Pigmented Oncocytoma of the Caruncle: A Case Report
title Atypical Presentation of a Pigmented Oncocytoma of the Caruncle: A Case Report
title_full Atypical Presentation of a Pigmented Oncocytoma of the Caruncle: A Case Report
title_fullStr Atypical Presentation of a Pigmented Oncocytoma of the Caruncle: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Atypical Presentation of a Pigmented Oncocytoma of the Caruncle: A Case Report
title_short Atypical Presentation of a Pigmented Oncocytoma of the Caruncle: A Case Report
title_sort atypical presentation of a pigmented oncocytoma of the caruncle: a case report
topic Published online: June, 2013
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23898287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000353222
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