Sometimes cells can be deposited on the lens surface where they grow like in a tissue culture (biocytology). Here are benign dendritic melanocytes (which differ from malignant melanoma cells of the anterior uvea which are spindel-shaped). Using high magnification (40 X) one recognizes nuclei and melanin granula.
Naumann, G.O.H., Prof. Dr. med., Univ.-Augenklinik, Erlangen, Germany
