RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Metastatic tapioca iris melanoma.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 744
OP 749
DO 10.1136/bjo.63.11.744
VO 63
IS 11
A1 Zakka, K A
A1 Foos, R Y
A1 Sulit, H
YR 1979
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/63/11/744.abstract
AB A case of metastatic tapioca melanoma of the iris in a 12-year-old girl is reported. The patient had heterochromia, a red painful eye, and was treated for iritis with secondary glaucoma. In the course of 5 months iris lesions with the clinical appearance of tapioca pudding developed, and biopsy disclosed a melanoma. The eye was immediately enucleated, and pathological examination showed a melanoma with predominantly epithelioid-type cells which had infiltrated the angle, the posterior chamber, and the surgical wounds. Conjunctival extension was noted 10 months after enucleation, and regional lymph node metastases were found 4 months later. Previously reported cases are reviewed and compared with the present case.