Adenoma of the nonpigmented epithelium of the ciliary body.
A 42-year-old woman developed a ciliary body mass which indented the lens equator and produced a dense focal cataract in the right eye. The clinical diagnosis was malignant melanoma of the ciliary body, and the lesion was removed by a large iridocyclectomy. Histopathologic examination revealed an acquired adenoma of the non-pigmented ciliary epithelium. The clinical and histopathologic features of this rare intraocular tumor are discussed with emphasis upon its differentiation from malignant melanoma.
D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*