Pigmented spindle cell naevus of Reed presenting in the conjunctiva

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 104-106

  Seregard, Stefan ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Melanoma; Naevus of Reed; Naevus of Spitz; Pigmented spindle cell naevus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINDLE CELL;

CHILD; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEVUS, SPINDLE CELL; S100 PROTEINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033954780     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2000.078001104.x     Document Type: Article

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