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Abstract #107519 Published in IGR 23-4

Large ciliary body melanocytoma with pseudocysts: a case report

Simpson A; Mamalis N; Gee C; Harrie RP
BMC Ophthalmology 2023; 23: 24


BACKGROUND: To describe the correlation between standardized A-scan echography and histopathology in a ciliary body melanocytoma. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a large ciliary body melanocytoma with significant growth, vision loss, and elevated intraocular pressure that was diagnosed clinically as a melanoma, but the standardized A-scan findings correlated to the histopathological description of a melanocytoma with multiple pseudocysts. CONCLUSIONS: The reflectivity of this melanocytoma by standardized A-scan was consistent with multiple pseudocysts on pathological evaluation. This echographic pattern guided the differential diagnosis. Standardized A-scan is an important diagnostic tool in the differentiation of ciliary body melanocytomas from melanomas.

John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, 65 N Mario Capecchi Dr, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA. Allie.simpson@hsc.utah.edu.

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