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Case Study: May 2013
History
- White male – 50 years old
- Visual field defect-left eye
- Mass found in eye-suspected to be uveal melanoma
- Eye enucleated
- Fig 1 and 2 – mass
- Fig 3 – episclera
- Fig 4 – Iris
- Fig 5 – ciliary body
- Fig 6 – choroid
Questions
- What is the mass in Fig 1 and 2?
- What do Figs 3 to 6 display?
- What is the overall interpretation?
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- Uveal melanoma
- There is a melanocytosis of the episclera and uveal tract (remember the patient was white). The skin was normal
- Uveal melanocytosis with uveal melanoma. Uveal melanocytosis is said to be a risk factor for uveal melanoma
