Corneal squamous cell carcinoma
Corneal squamous cell carcinoma is a malignant tumor originating from the corneal epithelium. The cause is unknown. It can originate from healthy corneal epithelium or from corneal intraepithelial carcinoma (carcinoma in situ) that breaks through the epithelial basement membrane and invades the deep cornea. The disease develops slowly and grows only locally for a long time. It is of low malignancy and rarely metastasizes to adjacent lymph nodes, and even less to distant lymph nodes.
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Site of disease:
Eye -
Infectious :
Not contagious -
Frequent population:
Mostly middle-aged men -
Related symptoms:
Single solid nodule epiphora visual impairment corneal burns corneal opacity -
Concurrent disease: