title: Uveal melanoma in a 19-month-old child.
abstract: Uveal melanoma is extremely rare in children. Its clinical and histopathological features have been reported to be similar to those observed in adults. The tumor usually presents as a sessile or dome-shaped mass with secondary nonrhegmatogenous retinal detachment. We report a 19-month-old boy with a choroidal melanoma presenting as hemorrhagic retinal detachment and buphthalmos. The eye was enucleated, but the child subsequently died from systemic metastases.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Ophthalmology Service, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain. annagr@go2.pl
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grabowska
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abelarias
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peralta
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asencio
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: García-Cabezas
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Escabias-Del Pozo
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nevado
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vallespin
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solera
authors.forename: Pilar Martínez
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Pilar
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sastre-Urgellés
mesh_terms: D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D006871:Hydrophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology