Abstract
The conjunctiva is frequently involved by congenital and acquired benign melanocytic proliferations. The entities we discuss herein are: congenital, racial and acquired epithelial pigmentations, ocular-dermal melanocytoses and melanocytic nevi.
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Massi, G., Leboit, P.E. (2004). Nevi of the Conjunctiva. In: Histological Diagnosis of Nevi and Melanoma. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7985-1943-5_21
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