title: [Cavitary choroidal melanoma in a child].
abstract: Uveal melanoma is very rare in children, and in both adults and children it can in rare cases develop intralesional cavities resembling an intraocular cyst. The presence of a solid mass at the base and a thick wall surrounding the cavity can assist in differentiating cavitary melanoma from a benign cyst. We report the case of a 5-year-old girl who presented with a large intraocular pigmented mass in the left eye, showing multiple hollow cavities on ocular ultrasonography, CT scan, and MRI. The patient was treated by enucleation and the pathology confirmed the diagnosis of choroidal melanoma. FISH revealed no aberration in chromosome 3.
authors.affiliation: Service d' Ophtalmologie, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Faraj
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Levy-Gabriel
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lumbroso-Le Rouic
authors.forename: M Charif
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chefchaouni
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Langmann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orbach
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sastre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Couturier
authors.forename: C Malrieu
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Eliaou
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Desjardins
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery