Article ; Online: Case report: an atypical peripapillary uveal melanoma.
2014 Volume 14, Page(s) 13
Abstract: Background: The treatment of uveal melanoma has seen a shift towards eye conserving treatments. Efforts have been made towards the identification of patients at high risk of metastatic disease with the use of prognostic fine needle biopsy, Monosomy 3 a ... ...
Abstract | Background: The treatment of uveal melanoma has seen a shift towards eye conserving treatments. Efforts have been made towards the identification of patients at high risk of metastatic disease with the use of prognostic fine needle biopsy, Monosomy 3 a risk factor for metastatic death thought to occur early in the development of uveal melanoma. Case presentation: We report a case in which an atypical optic nerve lesion was found to be a peripapillary primary uveal melanoma with distinct non-pigmented and pigmented halves on gross dissection and corresponding disomy 3 and monosomy 3 halves. The tumour demonstrated rapid growth with apparent transformation from disomy 3 to monosomy 3. Conclusions: These are clinical features that challenge the current concepts of the cytogenetic pathogenesis of uveal melanoma and demonstrate the potential problems and limitations of prognostic fine needle biopsy and molecular classifications. |
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MeSH term(s) | Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology ; Chromosome Deletion ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 ; Humans ; Male ; Melanoma/genetics ; Melanoma/pathology ; Middle Aged ; Uvea/pathology ; Uveal Neoplasms/genetics ; Uveal Neoplasms/pathology |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2014-02-03 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Case Reports ; Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2050436-6 |
ISSN | 1471-2415 ; 1471-2415 |
ISSN (online) | 1471-2415 |
ISSN | 1471-2415 |
DOI | 10.1186/1471-2415-14-13 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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