[Tumours as cause of eyeball loss in adults].
Causes of eyeball loss in patients over 15 years of age are analyzed, over the period from the beginning of 1966 to the end of 1987. Data from the files of the Ophtalmopathologic Laboratory, Department of Eye Diseases, UCC, Belgrade, were used. In the period of 22 years 2067 eyeballs were enucleated, the procedure being necessitated by tumurs, injuries and other disease in 834, 722 and 511 cases, respectively. The analysis focuses on tumours as the cause of eyeball enucleation. Malignant melanoma of the choroid was noted in 700 cases, skin or conjunctival carcinoma in 117 cases, metastatic tumours of the choroid in 9 cases, and other types of tumours in the remaining 8 cases. At the beginning of the period (1966-1987) tumours were the third most common cause of enucleation, just after diseases and injuries. However, in the last ten years there is a continuous increase in the number of enucleations performed for ocular tumours. Thus tumours have become the most common cause of enucleation. The results show that the number of enucleations is related to the age of the patients. Male to female ratio was uniform in all age groups.
Jovanović
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Latković
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Marković
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged