?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+Unusual+Melanocytic+Nevus+of+Conjunctiva+%3A+Balloon+Cell+Nevus&rft.creator=Vijay+Shankar%2C+S&rft.creator=Nischal%2C+KC&rft.creator=Geethalakshmi%2C+U&rft.creator=Padmini%2C+HR&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Melanocytic+nevi+are+one+of+the+most+common+benign+tumors+of+the+conjunctiva.+The+balloon+cell+nevus+is+a+rare+and+unusual+variant+of+nevus+of+melanocytic+origin%2C+in+which+more+than+50%25+of+the+tumor+is+composed+of+large+polygonal+cells+with+small+nucleus+and+a+clear+to+vacuolated+cytoplasm.+We+describe+a+case+of+balloon+cell+nevus+in+a+6-year-old+child+who+presented+with+pigmented+lesion+of+the+right+eye+since+birth.+The+melanocytic+nature+of+these+cells+was+confirmed+by+immunohistochemical+study.++Excision+of+the+tumor+results+in+cure.+This+report+describes+a+rare+balloon+cell+nevus+of+conjunctiva+which+to+the+best+of+our+knowledge+is+not+documented+in+Indian+literature.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7985%2F1%2F2011-2-23.pdf&rft.identifier=++Vijay+Shankar%2C+S+and+Nischal%2C+KC+and+Geethalakshmi%2C+U+and+Padmini%2C+HR++(2011)+An+Unusual+Melanocytic+Nevus+of+Conjunctiva+%3A+Balloon+Cell+Nevus.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7985%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>