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Conjunctival and Corneal Tumors: Classification and Differential Diagnosis

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In spite of being a very thin tissue, the conjunctiva is composed of many histological elements that can be the origin of many types of tumors. Histologically, the conjunctiva is composed of the epithelium and the subepithelial stroma – the substantia propria.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

    Jacob Pe’er MD

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah-Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    Jacob Pe'er

  2. Dept. of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Arun D. Singh

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Pe’er, J. (2014). Conjunctival and Corneal Tumors: Classification and Differential Diagnosis. In: Pe'er, J., Singh, A. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38336-6_14

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