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Potentially life-threatening primary acquired melanosis - ScienceDirect

Because these lesions are conjunctival, they may be moved freely over the globe with a cotton-tipped applicator. The lesion may lighten or darken focally; it ...

Potentially life-threatening primary acquired melanosis - PubMed

Primary acquired melanosis is an acquired conjunctival pigmentation seen in Caucasians. It presents as a diffuse, patchy, unilateral area of pigmentation ...

Primary acquired melanosis (PAM): Symptoms, causes and treatment

Over time, PAM has the potential to convert to malignancy (become cancerous). The cells that produce melanin are called melanocytes. Hair, eyes ...

Conjunctival Melanoma and Primary Acquired Melanosis - PMC

Conjunctival melanoma is a rare malignant condition of the ocular surface. It is potentially lethal, with regional lymph node spread often preceding distant ...

Conjunctival Primary Acquired Melanosis - Wills Eye Hospital

Conjunctival PAM is often precancerous and leads to life-threatening malignant melanoma. Conjunctival PAM should be treated with surgery, cryotherapy, or ...

Primary acquired melanosis: A unique presentation - IJOOO

It may be analogous to lentigo maligna — a preinvasive epidermal pigmentation of skin. It presents as a unilateral patchy area of conjunctival pigmentation ...

Primary Acquired Melanosis (PAM) with Atypia - Moran CORE

PAM typically occurs unilaterally, is more likely to occur in lightly pigmented individuals and is most likely to present in the 6th decade of life. PAM ...

Progression of Primary Acquired Melanosis With Atypia During ...

Primary acquired melanosis (PAM) of the conjunctiva manifests as unilateral patchy areas of pigmentation usually in middle-aged or elderly patients. It.

Conjunctival Melanoma and Primary Acquired Melanosis

Conjunctival melanoma is a rare malignant condition of the ocular surface. It is potentially lethal, with regional lymph node spread often ...

Ocular melanosis - Wikipedia

Ocular melanosis (OM) is a blue-gray and/or brown lesion of the conjunctiva that can be separated into benign conjunctival epithelial melanosis (BCEM) and ...

Pigmented Conjunctival Cancers (Primary Acquired Melanosis)

Malignant melanomas can start as a nevus/freckle or arise as newly formed conjunctival pigmentation called primary acquired melanosis (PAM).

Management of Primary Acquired Melanosis, Nevus, and ...

Conjunctival melanoma is a rare but potentially sight- and life-threatening malignancy of the eye.1,2. It arises from melanocytes of the basal layer of the.

Conjunctival Melanocytic Lesions - Allen Press

Clinical appearance of primary acquired melanosis (PAM)/conjunctival melanocytic intraepithelial neoplasia (C-MIN)/conjunctival melanocytic ...

Primary acquired melanosis of the conjunctiva: experience with 311 ...

PURPOSE To evaluate clinical features and risks for transformation of conjunctival primary acquired melanosis (PAM) into melanoma.

This Issue At A Glance - Ophthalmology

Primary acquired melanosis (PAM) of the conjunctiva is a melanocytic lesion that may lead to melanoma. To gain insight into this condition, ...

Management of Primary Acquired Melanosis, Nevus, and ...

Histopathological diagnostic terminology for primary acquired melanosis is being superseded by more explicit terminology, thus differentiating hypermelanosis ...

Current Management of Conjunctival Melanoma Part 1: Clinical ...

The lesion may occur de novo or originate from a pre-existing nevus or primary acquired melanosis. Biomicroscopy is of paramount importance in ...

Conjunctival Melanoma in Children: A Clinicopathologic Study of 2 ...

The proposed histogenesis of conjunctival melanoma includes the following: (1) primary acquired melanosis with atypia (71% of cases); (2) malignant ...

Clinical photographs of patients with primary acquired melanosis....

Purpose To determine the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and demographic factors of melanocytic lesions of the ocular surface, such as racial melanosis, ...

Red Herrings and Zebras - a Curious Case of Conjunctival Melanoma

Primary acquired melanosis of the conjunctiva (PAM) is a potentially serious melanocytic lesion that can lead to the development of melanoma.