title: Cavitary melanocytoma of the ciliary body.
abstract: The clinical and pathologic findings of a patient with an unusual cavitary melanocytoma of the ciliary body are presented. Clinically and with ultrasonography the lesion appeared to have a cystic component. Differential diagnoses included a malignant melanoma or a cyst, and the lesion was excised by iridocyclectomy.
mesh_terms: D002924:Ciliary Body; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007499:Iris Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*