Eye
Eyelid
Melanocytic tumors
Nevi-eyelid
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2014
Last staff update: 24 December 2020
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PubMed Search: Nevi [title] of eyelid
Cite this page: Pernick N. Nevi-eyelid. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyeeyelidnevi.html. Accessed April 18th, 2024.
Definition / general
- On cutaneous or conjunctival surface, commonly on lid margin
- Usually junctional (nests of nevus cells at border of epidermis and dermis) or compound (nests at junction and within dermis)
- Usually acquired
- Rarely give rise to melanoma
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Nevus cells with bland nuclei
- May be multinucleated
- No / rare atypia, no / rare mitotic figures
