
A Case of Ciliary Body Melanocytoma Presenting as a Painful Iris Mass
- Christopher Seungkyu Lee Do Kyung Kim Sung Chul Lee
- 대한안과학회
- The Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol.24 No.1
- 등재여부 : KCI등재
- 2010.02
- 44 - 46 (3 pages)
We report a case of ciliary body melanocytoma in a Korean patient, which presented as an intermittently painful pigmented iris mass and was successfully managed by iridocyclectomy. A 52-year-old healthy man presented with an irregularly-shaped and heavily-pigmented mass at the iris root of his right eye. Visual acuity of the right eye was 20/20 with normal intraocular pressure. Ultrasound biomicroscopy showed a 1.5x1.3-mm ciliary-body mass with extension into the iris root. Iridocyclectomy with scleral resection under a lamellar scleral flap was performed, and the histopathologic features of the resected tissue were consistent with melanocytoma of the ciliary body. The patient’s visual acuity remained 20/20 with good postoperative cosmesis. During one year of follow-up, no signs of tumor recurrence were seen, and the patient reported resolution of the intermittent ocular pain in the involved eye.
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