Melanocitoma de cuerpo ciliar

  1. Y Gallego
  2. J Mendicute
  3. M Ruiz
  4. I Ruiz
  5. M Ubeda
Journal:
Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia

ISSN: 0365-6691

Year of publication: 2005

Volume: 80

Issue: 2

Pages: 109-112

Type: Article

DOI: 10.4321/S0365-66912005000200010 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Clinical case: We report the case of a 25 year old woman who attended our Hospital with a pigmented lesion in anterior chamber angle of her right eye. She complained of reduced visual acuity on the same eye. On examination, and once complementary tests were performed, a pigmented lesion located on the iris root and ciliary body of her right eye was confirmed. A decission to perform a local resection was made and there were no surgical complication. Histology results confirmed the diagnosis of ciliary body melanocitoma. Discussion: Ciliary body melanocytoma is a benign rare lesion with only 40 cases described in the literature. A local resection of this benign lesion should be considered as alternative to enucleation, even though differential diagnosis with malignant melanoma must also be considered.

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