Chorio-retinal resection of a neoplasm from the human eye.
An epithelioma was removed from the iris and ciliary body of a six-year-old girl by a partial irido-cyclectomy. Three months later recurrence of the tumour was seen in the equatorial zone of the fundus. Three weeks after application of transscleral cryotherapy around the neoplasm, a chorio-retinal resection of the tumour area in the fundus was performed. The postoperative healing was satisfactory. Re-examination 16 months later revealed a healthy eye. The results indicate that a circumscribed tumour can successfully be resected from the fundus.
D002648:Child; D002829:Choroid / Q000601:surgery*; D002924:Ciliary Body; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012160:Retina / Q000601:surgery*