Characteristics of patients evaluated for anterior segment lesions
| *Melanomas were classified according to the anatomical region containing the maximal tumor thickness, see text. | |
| †Other diagnoses included scleromalacia (n = 8), metastatic lesions (n = 4), peripheral anterior synechiae (n = 3), iris vascular malformation (n = 3), traumatic cyst (n = 2), recurrent retinoblastoma (n = 2), iridocorneal endothelial syndrome (n = 1), leiomyoma (n = 1), and no mass detected (n = 2). | |
| Total patients | 130 |
| Total eyes | 132 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 51 |
| Female | 79 |
| Age range (years) | 8–87 |
| Eye | |
| Right | 63 |
| Left | 65 |
| Bilateral | 2 |
| Location | |
| Melanomas* (n = eyes) | 55 |
| Iris | 18 |
| Ciliary body | 16 |
| Anterior choroids | 21 |
| Cysts (n = eyes) | |
| Iridociliary | 30 |
| Naevus (n = eyes) | |
| Iris | 21 |
| Other† (n = eyes) | 26 |
| Enucleation | 6 |