Primary squamous cell carcinoma arising from palpebral conjunctiva: A rare presentation

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the conjunctiva usually arises from the limbal conjunctiva. Rarely, it can arise from the palpebral conjunctiva. We report a case of primary conjunctival SCC of the palpebral conjunctiva which was treated successfully.

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Autores principales: Pai, H Vijaya, Handa, Divya, Priya, J Padma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29380787
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_754_17
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spelling pubmed-58191242018-02-22 Primary squamous cell carcinoma arising from palpebral conjunctiva: A rare presentation Pai, H Vijaya Handa, Divya Priya, J Padma Indian J Ophthalmol Case Report Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the conjunctiva usually arises from the limbal conjunctiva. Rarely, it can arise from the palpebral conjunctiva. We report a case of primary conjunctival SCC of the palpebral conjunctiva which was treated successfully. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5819124/ /pubmed/29380787 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_754_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Primary squamous cell carcinoma arising from palpebral conjunctiva: A rare presentation
title Primary squamous cell carcinoma arising from palpebral conjunctiva: A rare presentation
title_full Primary squamous cell carcinoma arising from palpebral conjunctiva: A rare presentation
title_fullStr Primary squamous cell carcinoma arising from palpebral conjunctiva: A rare presentation
title_full_unstemmed Primary squamous cell carcinoma arising from palpebral conjunctiva: A rare presentation
title_short Primary squamous cell carcinoma arising from palpebral conjunctiva: A rare presentation
title_sort primary squamous cell carcinoma arising from palpebral conjunctiva: a rare presentation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29380787
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_754_17
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