Case Reports

Conjunctival dysplasia in pterygium – case report

Authors

• • Ljilja Amidžić
  • University clinical center of Republika Srpska,Banja Luka,Department of Pathology,Bosnia and Herzegovina
• • Vesna Ljubojević
  • University of Banja Luka,Banja Luka, Medical Faculty,Institute of Histology and Embriology,Bosnia and Herzegovina
• • Radoslav Gajanin
  • University clinical center of Republika Srpska,Banja Luka,Institute of Pathology,Bosnia and Herzegovina
• • Milka Mavija
  • University clinical center of Republika Srpska,Banja Luka,Department of Ophthalmology,Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

The study concerns a 65-year-old female patient with pterygium of right eye and histologically verified conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia. The lesion was diagnosed as pterygium and treated surgically. Histological examination of the excised material found the presence of conjunctival intraepithelial ne oplasia. The significance of this case report is in pointing out the presence of morphological changes in pterygium that may precede the development of squamocellular carcinoma of the conjunctiva and the necessity of histological examination of all excised pterygia.

Keywords: pterygium, conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia, p53

How to Cite: Amidžić, L. , Ljubojević, V. , Gajanin, R. & Mavija, M. (2013) “Conjunctival dysplasia in pterygium – case report”, Biomedicinska istraživanja. 4(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.7251/bii1302044l