Metastatic ciliary body carcinoid tumor.
A 50-year-old man with a history of systemic carcinoid had decreased right eye vision and a darkly pigmented cilio-choroidal mass. Results of ultrasonographic and fluorescein angiographic examinations were consistent with a malignant melanoma. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the lesion identified it as a carcinoid metastasis. The patient refused both radiation and enucleation; complete excision with a cyclochoroidectomy was performed. Histopathologic examination showed a carcinoid neoplasm covered by marked hyperplasia of the retinal pigment epithelium that produced the pigmented appearance of the lesion.
Bardenstein
D S
DS
Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
Char
D H
DH
Jones
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C
Crawford
J B
JB
Miller
T R
TR
Riekhof
F T
FT
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity