...); location at temporal limbus ( p = 0.0001), inferior limbus ( p = 0.0001), or circumlimbal ( p = 0.001); and extension to cornea ( p = 0.006) and forniceal palpebral conjunctiva ( p = 0.001). Invasive OSSN was associated with any smoking habit and alcohol consumption ( p = 0.04 and 0.03, respectively). HIV...

... reported cases of melanomas occurring at the cornea surface. Most melanomas of the conjunctiva arise in PAM, with some cases arising de novo [ 2, 12 ]. A study of 85 patients in Finland over a 34 year period showed that only 4 patients (5%) presented with a primary invasive melanoma limited to the cornea...

.... Conjunctiva Cornea Squamous cell carcinoma Pterygium Ocular surface squamous neoplasia Pterygium is a common benign ocular surface disorder, characterized by centripetal growth of a leading edge of altered limbal epithelial cells followed by a body of squamous metaplastic epithelium with goblet...

... of the cornea and/or conjunctiva [ 1,2 ]. OSSN lesions usually arise within the interpalbebral fissure, mostly at the limbus, although they may be found in any part of the conjunctiva and cornea [ 3 ]. With a reported incidence rate from 0.13 to 1.9 per 100,000 persons [ 3 ], OSSN is the most common...