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Case Reports
. 2005 Nov;89(11):1533-4.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.071993.

Temporal pterygium: benign or not?

B Ramasamy, S A Quah, M S Wishart, P Hiscott
Case Reports

Temporal pterygium: benign or not?

B Ramasamy et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005 Nov.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Left eye showing presence of a soft tissue lesion on the temporal conjunctiva encroaching on the limbus before local excision and radiotherapy.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Section through the conjunctiva stained with haematoxylin and eosin. The main figure demonstrates grossly and irregularly thickened, dysplastic epithelium (Ep; scale bar, 100 µm). The inserts show an atypical mitosis (above, arrow) and dyskeratosis (below, arrowhead) within the epithelium.
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