title: [Malignant melanoma in a child (author's transl)].
abstract: The rare case of a ciliary malignant melanoma in an 11-year-old boy is reported. Signs of a subacte iridocyclitis with secondary glaucoma were the main clinical changes. The striking histological details were numerous wide blood vessels with thin endothelial walls within the tumour, and the sparse invasion of the tips of the ciliary processes, and between the sphincter pupillae and the pigment layer of the iris; many tumor cells displayed more than one nucleolus. Finally, a survey is given on the intraocular tumours in children.
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002648:Child; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Malignes Melanoma im Kindesalter