Unilateral amelanotic conjunctival malignant melanoma: a case report

Abstract Introduction Cutaneous malignant melanomas rarely occur in the eye, usually in the eyelids or the conjunctiva. Conjunctival malignant melanomas are even rarer. Most melanomas are dark in color as they are pigmented. However, amelanotic conjunctival malignant melanomas, a scarce variant of t...

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Published in:	Journal of Medical Case Reports
Main Authors:	Marcelo Ayala, Kalliopi Erripi, Iva Johansson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-09-01
Subjects:	Amelanotic Malignant melanoma Eyelids Unilateral Conjunctiva Eye
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-024-04729-3

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