[Choroidal melanoma--routes of extraocular extension].
OBJECTIVE
To report the routs of extraocular extension of uveal melanoma.


METHODS
A retrospective study of 170 enucleated eyes with uveal melanoma and deep intrascleral tumor invasion and/or nodular extrascleral extension.


RESULTS
The routes of passages by sclera were natural channels: ciliary arteries, ciliary nerves, optic nerve, vortex veins, aqueous channels and intrascleral melanoma invasion.
Klinika Okulistyki i Onkologii Okulistycznej Katedry, Okulistyki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie. romanowskadixonbozena1@gmail.com
Bozena
B
Romanowska-Dixon
Barbara
B
Jakubowska
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011044:Poland; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity