A pigmented adenoma of the ciliary epithelium examined by magnetic resonance imaging.
OBJECTIVE
We studied a case of a pigmented adenoma of the ciliary epithelium.


METHODS
We used magnetic resonance imaging in the clinical diagnosis of this tumor.


RESULTS
The tumor was successfully treated by local excision.


CONCLUSIONS
Magnetic resonance imaging is most useful in evaluating a ciliary body mass for local extension. It cannot clinically distinguish a pigmented adenoma of the ciliary epithelium from a uveal melanoma.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery