Demographic and clinical features of conjunctival tumours at a tertiary care centre

This study investigates the demographic and clinical features of conjunctival tumours. Conjunctival tumours include a large spectrum of conditions ranging from benign lesions to aggressive, life-threatening malignancies. Knowing the distribution of conjunctival tumours by age and gender is important...

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Published in:Clinical and experimental optometry 2022-10, Vol.105 (7), p.708-714
Main Authors: Mirzayev, Ibadulla, Gündüz, Ahmet Kaan, Gündüz, Ömür Özlenen, Özalp Ateş, Funda Seher, Nalcı Baytaroğlu, Hilal
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Language:English
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Age
Benign
Cancer
Conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia
conjunctival melanoma
conjunctival naevus
conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma
conjunctival tumours
Demography
Eye diseases
Lesions
Morbidity
Patients
Squamous cell carcinoma
Tumors
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Summary:This study investigates the demographic and clinical features of conjunctival tumours. Conjunctival tumours include a large spectrum of conditions ranging from benign lesions to aggressive, life-threatening malignancies. Knowing the distribution of conjunctival tumours by age and gender is important for reducing cancer morbidity. The clinical records of 375 patients (410 eyes) diagnosed with a conjunctival mass at a tertiary referral centre between February 1999 and November 2020 were retrospectively evaluated. Two-hundred-seventeen (57.9%) patients were male and 158 (42.1%) were female. Of 410 conjunctival tumours, 159 (38.8%) were benign, 106 (25.9%) premalignant, and 145 (35.4%) malignant. Overall, the 3 most common diagnoses were squamous cell carcinoma (SCC, 19.5%), conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN, 18.3%), and naevus (17.8%). The most common benign, premalignant, and malignant tumours were naevus (n = 73/159, 45.9%), CIN (n = 75/106, 70.8%), and SCC (n = 80/145, 55.2%) respectively. Naevus was the most common tumour in ≤20 years and > 20-40 years old patient groups (56.2% and 25.4% respectively). CIN was the most frequent tumour in patients aged > 40-60 years (25.7%). SCC was the most common tumour in > 60-80 years and > 80 years old patient groups (44.3% and 80.0% respectively). The median patient age was greater in patients with malignant tumours (64.5 years) compared to patients with premalignant (55.5 years, p = 0.011) and benign tumours (22.0 years, p
ISSN:0816-4622
1444-0938
DOI:10.1080/08164622.2021.1971048