Necrosis and lymphocytic infiltration in choroidal melanomas.
Patient survival, tumor lymphocytic infiltration and tumor necrosis were studied and evaluated in 43 enucleated eyes with the same histological diagnosis of spindle 'B' malignant melanoma of the choroid. A significant difference (P less than 0.05) was found between the survival rate of melanoma patients with no evidence of lymphocytic infiltration and/or necrosis in the tumor, compared to those with any evidence of of lymphocytic infiltration and/or tumor necrosis.
Department of Ophthalmology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.
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D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate