Eye
Conjunctiva
Melanocytic tumors
Ephelides
Author: Deepali Jain, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 March 2013
Minor changes: 23 December 2020
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PubMed Search: Ephelides or freckle [title] conjunctiva
Table of Contents
Definition / general | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Jain D. Ephelides. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyeephelis.html. Accessed January 22nd, 2021.
Definition / general
- Congenital pigmentation, does not evolve into melanoma
- Surrounding conjunctiva is normal
- Associated with fair skin, red hair, Carney syndrome
Gross description
- Flat pigmented foci
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Well circumscribed area of hyperpigmented basal cells
Microscopic (histologic) images
AFIP images
Increased melanocytic
activity in basal layer
