Review

New Developments in Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia

10.4274/tjo.72623

  • Ayşe Yağcı

Received Date: 24.05.2014 Accepted Date: 17.07.2014 Turk J Ophthalmol 2014;44(1):8-14

Ocular surface squamous neoplasia originates from conjunctiva epithelium and covers a broad spectrum of disease ranging from dysplasia to squamous cell carcinoma. Clinical features may vary from case to case. Traditional treatment of excision with no-touch technique combined with adjuvant therapies because of high recurrence rate. Main adjuvant treatments are cryotherapy and chemotherapy. In this review, clinical forms, differential diagnosis, American Joint Committee on Cancer classification and recent approaches to the management of ocular surface squamous dysplasia were described.

Keywords: Ocular surface squamous tumors, staging, treatment

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