[Follow-up after enucleation in choroid melanoma].
We report on 31 patients who underwent enucleation between 1976 and 1984 for uveal melanoma and had a mean follow-up of 107 months. There was no irradiation to the globe or orbit prior to enucleation, which was done under general anesthesia. Histology showed that: the average diameter of the tumors was 10.6 mm and the average height 6.2 mm. There were 3 cases of spindle-cell A-type tumors, 19 of spindle-cell B, 2 of mixed cell types, and 7 cases of mixed cell types with epithelioid cell dominance or epithelioid cell tumors. In September 1988, 9 patients (29%) had died as of a result of metastases from the melanoma; 4 patients who died were found to have another malignant tumor; 1 patient died due to cerebral apoplexia; 1 patient died 8 days after enucleation due to unknown causes. The survival curve was based on the Kaplan-Meier method.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*
Verlaufsuntersuchung nach Enukleation wegen Aderhaut-Melanom.