Citologia de impressão na ceratoconjuntivite primaveril

Camargo, Gustavo; Nishiwaki-Dantas, Maria Cristina; Barros, João; Lake, Jonathan

doi:10.1590/s0004-27492004000600006

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“…Thus, as conjunctiva is an easily accessible tissue source for cytological examination, the analysis of the features from melanocytic cells by the noninvasive and affordable impression cytology (IC) can help in the differentiation of benign from malignant pigmented tumors of the bulbar conjunctiva (7)(8) . IC, first described in 1977 for the collection of mucin and cells from the conjunctiva (9) , had other diagnostic possibilities, such as: ocular surface squamous neoplasia (10)(11)(12)(13) , dry eyes (14) , vitamin A deficiency (15) , allergic conjunctivitis (16) , limbal stem cell failure (17) and microbiological infections (18) . The aim of this study was to report the IC features of conjunctival nevi.…”

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Impression cytology features of conjunctival nevi reported as more noticeable

Barros¹,

Lowen²,

Mascaro³

et al. 2009

Arq. Bras. Oftalmol.

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Optical microscopy analysis of the impression cytology specimens confirmed the clinical diagnosis by demonstrating typical histopathological features of the superficial layers from conjunctival nevi in 91.4% of the cases. For amelanotic nevi IC can also allow a differential diagnosis from other nonpigmented lesions. The technique does not replace histopathological examination, but additionally, may assist in evaluating nevus cells in children and adults.

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