Korean J Ophthalmol.  2015 Aug;29(4):280-281. 10.3341/kjo.2015.29.4.280.

Uveal Melanoma with Massive Extraocular Extension through the Sclerocorneal Limbus

• Jeong H
• Sa HS

• KMID: 2363773
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2015.29.4.280

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Limbus Corneae/*diagnostic imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Melanoma/*diagnosis
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Staging
Positron-Emission Tomography
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Uveal Neoplasms/*diagnosis

Figure

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  Fig. 1 (A) The patient presented 4 years after the initial visit with a protruding dark-pigmented extraocular mass that filled the entire right eyelid fissure. (B) Gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance image showed an intraocular mass that occupied most of the vitreous cavity and had a massive anterior extraocular extension, but did not involve the optic nerve. (C) Enucleated eyeball with anterior extraocular extension of the uveal melanoma through the sclerocorneal limbus. The tumor measured 4.7 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm. (D) Melanin pigments dispersed throughout the scleral tissue, indicating scleral invasion, but the invasion did not reach the outermost layer of the sclera or the vessels (hematoxylin and eosin staining, ×100).

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