title: [Pigmented ciliary body tumours: benign or malignant?].
abstract: METHODS
  We report the cases of 2 women with a pigmented tumour in the ciliary body, one a melanocytoma and the other a melanoma, with different clinical manifestations. The first one presented with decreased visual acuity associated with recent growth of the tumour, as well as sectorial opacities of the lens and subluxation. The second one is asymptomatic and has been kept under observation for more than 30 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the definitive diagnosis of a pigmented tumour of the ciliary body is only achieved by the histopathology study, the group of clinical features is a determining factor when a conservative treatment is indicated.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital de Medina del Campo, Medina del Campo, Valladolid, España. Electronic address: elena_v23@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vallejo-Vicente
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Saornil-Álvarez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: López-Lara
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García-Álvarez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: de Frutos-Baraja
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Díez-Andino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015811:Iris Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D007906:Lens Subluxation / Q000209:etiology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012074:Remission Induction; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy; D057832:Watchful Waiting; D000098943:Uveal Melanoma
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes
keywords: Ciliary body; Cuerpo ciliar; Diagnóstico diferencial; Diferential diagnosis; Melanocitoma; Melanocytoma; Melanoma; Tumor; Tumour