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Conjunctival melanoma in a six-year-old female.

Polat A, Yildirim C, Işik Balci Y, Ince T, Bir F, Demirkan N, Bican M

Department of Pediatrics, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey. apolat@pamukkale.edu.tr

Conjunctival melanoma (CM) is a highly malignant tumor that derives from melanocytes and is rarely seen in children. This report describes a 6-year-old female diagnosed with CM.

Published 12 December 2007 in Pediatr Blood Cancer, 50(2): 384-6.
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