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(A and B) Anterior segment slit-lamp photograph of the left eye showing a pink-yellow colored mass infiltrating the bulbar conjunctiva in the lower fornix of the eyelid (arrow) and a corneal ulcer at the 9 o'clock position with perilimbal congestion and chemosis (arrow).
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Anterior segment slit-lamp biomicroscopy of the left eye showed a pink-yellow colored mass infiltrating the bulbar conjunctiva in the lower fornix of the eyelid and a corneal ulcer at the 9 o'clock position with perilimbal congestion and chemosis (Figure 1A and B).
Diffuse proliferation of small atypical lymphoid cells, partly effacing the mucosal glands (hematoxylin and eosin, 40x).
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Focal effacement of the serous glands of the conjunctiva was observed (Figure 2).
(A and B) CD3 and Ki67 immunoreactivity (ABC peroxidase, 40x).
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A high proliferation rate reaching 80% of the neoplastic population was observed, as detected by Ki67/MIB1 immunoreactivity (Figure 3A and B).