Aggressive Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Three Young Africans

Susan Lewallen; Kenneth R. Shroyer; Robert B. Keyser; George Liomba

doi:10.1001/archopht.1996.01100130209021

Article

February 1996

Aggressive Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Three Young Africans

Susan Lewallen, MD; Kenneth R. Shroyer, PhD; Robert B. Keyser, MD; et al George Liomba, FRCPath

Author Affiliations

From the Departments of Ophthalmology (Dr Lewallen) and Pathology (Dr Liomba), Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, and the International Eye Foundation (Dr Lewallen), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Departments of Pathology (Dr Shroyer) and Ophthalmology (Dr Keyser), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver. Dr Lewallen is now with the British Columbia (Vancouver) Centre for Epidemiologic & International Ophthalmology, St Paul's Hospital.

Arch Ophthalmol. 1996;114(2):215-218. doi:10.1001/archopht.1996.01100130209021

Full Text

Abstract

P olymerase chain reaction was used to test for the presence of human papillomavirus in conjunctival squamous cell carcinomas from three young Africans with aggressive disease. Two of these patients had the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Test results for human papillomavirus were positive in all three cases.

Full Text

Aggressive Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Three Young Africans

Others Also Liked

Featured Articles

USPSTF Recommendation Statements

Blogs

Aggressive Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Three Young Africans

Citation

Download citation file:

Others Also Liked

Select Your Interests