[Melanocytoma of the ciliary body].
METHODS
We report the case of a 25 year old woman who attended our Hospital with a pigmented lesion in anterior chamber angle of her right eye. She complained of reduced visual acuity on the same eye. On examination, and once complementary tests were performed, a pigmented lesion located on the iris root and ciliary body of her right eye was confirmed. A decision to perform a local resection was made and there were no surgical complication. Histology results confirmed the diagnosis of ciliary body melanocytoma.


CONCLUSIONS
Ciliary body melanocytoma is a benign rare lesion with only 40 cases described in the literature. A local resection of this benign lesion should be considered as alternative to enucleation, even though differential diagnosis with malignant melanoma must also be considered.
Gallego
Y
Y
Hospital Donostia, San Sebastián, España.
Mendicute
J
J
Ruiz
M
M
Ruiz
I
I
Ubeda
M
M
D000328:Adult; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity