NCIt definition : A rare autosomal dominant disorder with high penetrance that affects the limbal conjunctiva.
It is almost exclusively encountered in Native Americans belonging to the Haliwa-Saponi
tribe of northeastern North Carolina and is caused by a duplication in chromosome
4q35. It is characterized by the presence of frequently bilateral, elevated epithelial
dyskeratotic plaques in the limbal conjunctiva. There is prominent inflammation in
substantia propria. Epithelial dysplasia is absent.;