Uveal melanoma in a 19-month-old child

Uveal melanoma is extremely rare in children. Its clinical and histopathological features have been reported to be similar to those observed in adults. The tumor usually presents as a sessile or dome-shaped mass with secondary nonrhegmatogenous retinal detachment. We report a 19-month-old boy with a...

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Published inJournal of AAPOS Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 606 - 608
Main Authors Grabowska, Anna, MD, Abelairas, José, MD, PhD, Peralta, Jesús, MD, PhD, Asencio, Mónica, MD, PhD, García-Cabezas, Miguel Ángel, MD, PhD, Escabias-Del Pozo, Cristina, MD, Nevado, Julian, MD, Vallespin, Elena, MD, Solera, Jesús, MD, Pilar, Pilar Martínez, MD, Sastre-Urgellés, Ana, MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Mosby, Inc 01.12.2011
Subjects
Choroid Neoplasms - diagnosis
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Hydrophthalmos - etiology
Infant
Male
Melanoma - diagnosis
Ophthalmology
Retinal Detachment - etiology
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Summary:Uveal melanoma is extremely rare in children. Its clinical and histopathological features have been reported to be similar to those observed in adults. The tumor usually presents as a sessile or dome-shaped mass with secondary nonrhegmatogenous retinal detachment. We report a 19-month-old boy with a choroidal melanoma presenting as hemorrhagic retinal detachment and buphthalmos. The eye was enucleated, but the child subsequently died from systemic metastases.
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ISSN:1091-8531
1528-3933
DOI:10.1016/j.jaapos.2011.07.018