title: Ciliary body melanoma with optic nerve invasion.
abstract: A case of melanoma of the ciliary body is presented. Initially the patient was diagnosed and treated for uveitis, but following CT scanning and ultrasound a tumour was detected and the eye enucleated. Histopathologically it was found that the tumour had invaded the optic nerve head, apparently via Cloquet's canal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: al-Haddab
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hidayat
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Tabbara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000175:diagnosis