title: [Ultrasound techniques in diagnosis of extrabulbar extension of uveal melanoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the utility of ultrasound examination in detection of extraocular extension of uveal melanoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study of 170 enucleated eyes with ciliary body or/and choroidal melanoma and deep intrascleral tumor invasion with extrascleral extension.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The extrascleral extension was detectable before enucleation in 31 eyes (18.24%), and tumor sizes varied from 1.5 to 15 mm. Ultrabiomicroscopy used for the anterior tumor assesment, shows the routes of extrascleral extension of uveal melanoma. uveal melanoma, extraocular extension, ultrasonography.
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Romanowska-Dixon
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jakubowska
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Markiewicz
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pawlikowski
mesh_terms: D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*