title: Progressive growth of an iris melanocytoma in a child.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To document progressive growth of a benign iris melanocytoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report. A 9-year-old male underwent removal of a pigmented iris tumor that had been documented photographically to double in size.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Histopathologic sections revealed a deeply pigmented mass with cytologic features typical of a melanocytoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although iris melanocytoma is generally a stationary lesion, it can show progressive growth. Such enlargement does not necessarily imply malignant transformation of the lesion.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA. jerry.shields@shieldsoncology.com
authors.forename: Jerry A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: Ralph C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Eagle
authors.forename: Carol L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: Leonard B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015811:Iris Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery