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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the bulbar conjunctiva before and after the treatment
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F1
The patient presented with visual acuity of 10/10 in both eyes, and the anterior segment examination of left eye showed a large pink lesion with non defined borders, painful to palpation, with a nourishing thick central vessel in temporal bulbar conjunctiva (Figure 1 (Fig. 1)). After 12 months since the last surgery the lesion has disappeared (Figure 1 (Fig. 1)) and shows no sign of recurrence.
Histopathology of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of conjuntiva. (a) Mucus-secreting cells highlighted by histochemical stain, mucicarmine, intermixed with squamous cells. (b) Immunohistochemistry stain, cytokeratin 14, highlights the invasive nature of the tumor.
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F2
A biopsy was performed and showed an invasive tumor with an admixture of squamous and mucus-secreting cells, highlighted by histochemical stain, mucicarmine (Figure 2 (Fig. 2)).