title: [Importance of the length of excised optic nerve in enucleations for uveal melanoma].
abstract: The importance of a length of excised optic nerve in eyes enucleated for uveal melanoma isnt finaly discussed. We analyzed 473 eyes enucleated for uveal melanoma between 1995. and 2004. at Institute of opthanlmology in Belgrade, 16 (3,7%) of which extended into the optic nerve or its meningeal sheaths. Peripapillary melanomas and large melanomas in eyes with increased intraocular pressure and poor vision were associated with optic nerve invasion. This tumors, as a rule, require an enucleation as a treatment of choice. Autors suggest that a long piece of optic nerve should be excised when eyes with uveal melanomas are enucleated.
authors.affiliation: Institut za ocne bolesti KCS, Beograd.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bobić-Randovanović
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vlatković
mesh_terms: D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*