Ciliary body malignant melanoma in a black child.
Uveal malignant melanoma is uncommon both in children and in black patients. There has been only one previous report of this type of tumor occurring in a black child. This paper presents the case history of a 5-year-old black girl who presented with a mass arising from the ciliary body and choroid. This was found to be a malignant melanoma on histological examination. The difficulties in diagnosis are discussed and the histological features presented.
Hill
J C
JC
Department of Ophthalmology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Stannard
C
C
Bowen
R M
RM
D044383:Black People; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology*; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology*