Incidence of Primary Acquired Melanosis Within Pterygium Specimens: A 13-Year Retrospective Study in a Canadian Tertiary Center
The low incidence of PAM observed highlights its rarity in presumed benign pterygium specimens. However, the identification of PAM with atypia emphasizes the need for routine pathological evaluation of all excised pterygia, even in the absence of clinical suspicion, due to the significant differences in management required for PAM.
Authors
- Samir Jabbour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2134-1616)
- Laura Segal
- Mona Harissi‐Dagher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9865-0137)
- Paul Thompson
- Louis Racine
- Judy Gaffar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6233-8881)
- Marie-Claude Robert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7081-2870)
- Kenan Bachour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0016-8658)
- Alexandre Nakao Odashiro
- Moncef Berkache (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8192-3373)
Institutions
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cornea
- Published
- 2025-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ico.0000000000004017
- Primary Topic
- Corneal Surgery and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00