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Arch Ophthalmol. 2003;121:1483-1487.

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Various neoplastic or pseudoneoplastic lesions can clinically simulate conjunctival melanoma.¹ We describe a patient who had unilateral argyrosis occurring in unusual circumstances who was referred to us with a probable diagnosis of conjunctival melanoma.

Report of a Case

This 68-year-old patient had noticed, during the months preceding consultation, the presence of a pigmented spot mainly involving the lacrimal caruncle and bulbar conjunctiva of the inferior fornix of the right eye. This man, a photographic laboratory technician, was involved in a road accident 50 years previously and received a wound to the lower eyelid and lacrimal canaliculus of the right eye. He subsequently experienced bothersome epiphora and had developed the habit of wiping his tears while working in the darkroom with the same piece of cloth that he used to wipe developer and fixer solutions from his hands.

At clinical examination, he had a corrected visual acuity of 20/20 in both eyes. The anterior and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Leonidas Zografos, MD; Sylvie Uffer, MD; Line Chamot, MD
Lausanne, Switzerland

Corresponding author and reprints: Leonidas Zografos, MD, Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin, 15, avenue de France, Case postale 411, 1000 Lausanne 9, Switzerland (e-mail: leonidas.zografos@ophtal.vd.ch).