NGF and atopic conjunctivitis: They suggested an association of this unique entity with allergic conjunctivitis.8 Some recent data also suggest that this association is due to the modulation of eosinophil properties by lesional fibroblasts partly through nerve growth factor.9 However, when we analyzed our patients in the pediatric and adolescence age groups (under the age of 20 years) 48% of the compound nevi where classified as IJCN and 12% (3/25) had documented vernal or allergic eye disease.