title: [Melanocytoma of the ciliary body].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Donostia, San Sebastián, España.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gallego
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mendicute
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ubeda
mesh_terms: 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