A Case of Ciliary Body Melanocytoma Presenting as a Painful Iris Mass.
- Author:
Christopher Seungkyu LEE
1
;
Do Kyung KIM
;
Sung Chul LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Ciliary body; Iridocyclectomy; Melanoma; Uveal neoplasms
- MeSH: *Ciliary Body/surgery; Humans; Iris/*pathology/*physiopathology/surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Invasiveness/*pathology/physiopathology; Nevus/*pathology/surgery; Pain/*physiopathology; Uveal Neoplasms/*pathology/surgery
- From:Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 2010;24(1):44-46
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: We report a case of ciliary body melanocytoma in a Korean patient, which presented as an intermittently painful pigmented iris mass and was successfully managed by iridocyclectomy. A 52-year-old healthy man presented with an irregularly-shaped and heavily-pigmented mass at the iris root of his right eye. Visual acuity of the right eye was 20/20 with normal intraocular pressure. Ultrasound biomicroscopy showed a 1.5x1.3-mm ciliary-body mass with extension into the iris root. Iridocyclectomy with scleral resection under a lamellar scleral flap was performed, and the histopathologic features of the resected tissue were consistent with melanocytoma of the ciliary body. The patient's visual acuity remained 20/20 with good postoperative cosmesis. During one year of follow-up, no signs of tumor recurrence were seen, and the patient reported resolution of the intermittent ocular pain in the involved eye.
