Histopathological Variability and Concomitant Lesions in Pterygium in a Large Case Series

Table 1

Histopathological characteristics of the pterygium.

—	—	Number of cases	% of cases
Epithelium	Acanthosis (thickening)	93	62
	Atrophy	39	26
	Hyperplasia of goblet cells	7	5
	Hyperplasia of basal cells	41	28
	Hyperplasia of melanocytes	47	31.5
	Dysplasia (mild or moderate)	31	20.8
Substantia propria	Solar elastosis	52	35
	Stromal plaques	69	46
	Sun damage (elastosis + plaques)	121	81
	Neovascularisation	81	54
	Hemorrheage	47	32
	Acute inflammation (neutrophils)	4	3
	Chronic inflammation (lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate)	33	22
	Histiocytes	38	26