title: Iridociliochoroidal melanoma arising from melanocytoma in a black teenager.
abstract: We report a ciliary body melanoma that apparently arose from a melanocytoma in a 15-year-old black teenager. The eye was enucleated, and metastatic evaluation remained negative at 5 years' follow-up. This unusual case, confirmed histopathologically, reveals that young patients with melanocytoma can have malignant transformation at an early age.
authors.affiliation: Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Helen K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Carol L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: Jerry A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: Ralph C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Eagle
authors.forename: John O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Mason
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044383:Black People; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology*; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity