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MediSan 2016; 20 (11)

Epidermoid carcinoma of conjunctiva in an elderly

González PM, González GS, Suárez AM

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 5113-5117
PDF size: 790.50 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The case report of a 62 years mixed race Ecuadorian patient, is presented with a history of repeated sties in the left eye, assisted in the Ophthalmology Service of Tena Hospital in the Social Security Ecuadorian Institute of Ecuador, due to discomfort in that same eye during 8 months and an injury in the lower lid with easy bleeding, accompanied by difficulty to the palpebral closing , reason why a surgical resection of the injury was carried out with biopsy which result confirmed the diagnosis of epidermoid carcinoma of the conjunctiva.


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