Clinical and pathological analysis of 728 primary conjunctival neoplasms

Abstract

Objective To investigate the histopathologic features and incidence of primary conjunctival neoplasms. Methods The histopathologic data of 728 primary conjunctival neoplasms in Southwest Eye Hospital from January of 2003 to December of 2009 were collected and analyzed retrospectively. Results Benign conjunctival neoplasms were 570(78.3%), the top ten in the ranking in turn were pigmented nevus, conjunctival cyst, papilloma, hemangioma, Choristoma, lipoma and lipofibroma, Reactive Lymphoid Hyperplasia,melanosis, atypical hyperplasia, sebaceous adenoma. Malignant conjunctival neoplasms were 158(21.7%), the top five in the ranking in turn were squamous cell carcinoma, malignant lymphoma, plasmocytoma, carcinoma in situ. The clinical, pathological and differential diagnosis of conjunctival squamous cell neoplasms and melanin lesions were summarized. Conclusions The classification of conjunctival neoplasms are various, the clinical and pathological analysis of primary conjunctival neoplasms is helpful to the diagnosis and therapy. Key words: Conjunctival neoplasms; Benign neoplasms; Malignant neoplasm; Conjunctival squamous cell neoplasms; Conjunctival melanoma