Ciliary body malignant melanoma: A dilemma on staging / Melanoma maligno do corpo ciliar: um dilema no faseamento

Abstract Choroidal melanomas are the most common primary intraocular malignant tumor in adults. They tend to be more malignant; because of their location hidden behind the iris they can not be detected until they become larger. Therapeutic strategy is related by size, extension, number and location of tumor and growth patterns. High frequency ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) gives high resolution, cross-sectional images of the anterior segment lesions. Postequatorial lesions and intracranial extension of the melanomas are scanned by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We report a case of bilobed tumor with confusing appereance in preoperative imaging studies and macroscopy following enucleation. MRI is the perfect imaging method to reveal extension and size of the tumor in the posterior chamber. Combined use of UBM and MRI provides appropriate staging of ocular melanomas.

Resumo Melanomas coroidais são os tumores malignos intra-oculares primários mais comuns em adultos. Eles tendem a ser mais malignos; devido à sua localização ser escondida por detrás da íris eles não podem ser detectados até se tornarem maiores. A estratégia terapêutica está relacionada com tamanho, extensão, número e localização dos padrões tumorais e de crescimento. O biomicroscopio ultra-sónico de alta frequência (BMU) fornece imagens transversais de alta resolução das lesões do segmento anterior. Lesões pós-equatoriais e de extensão intracraniana dos melanomas são digitalizadas em ressonância magnética (RM). Relatamos um caso de tumor com dois lóbulos, com aparência confusa em exames de imagem pré-operatórios e macroscopia após enucleação. A RM é o método de imagem perfeito para revelar a extensão e o tamanho do tumor na câmara posterior. O uso combinado de BMU e MRI fornece o faseamento apropriado dos melanomas oculares.

Meduloepitelioma de cuerpo ciliar. Reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura / Ciliary body medulloepithelioma. Case report and literature review

Introducción: Se presenta el caso de un paciente de 10 años de edad a quien se le realizó el diagnóstico de meduloepitelioma de cuerpo ciliar con posterior enucleación. Objetivo: Presentar las principales características clínicas, abordaje diagnostico y terapéutico de un paciente con meduloepitelioma de cuerpo cilar, realizando una revisión de la literatura existente de esta patología. Diseño del estudio: Reporte de caso. Resumen del caso: Paciente masculino de 10 años de edad que presentó perdida de agudeza visual asociada a dolor ocular, al examen oftalmológico se encontró masa en cámara anterior. Se realizó biopsia de lesión iridiana diagnosticándose meduloepitelioma de cuerpo ciliar con posterior enucleación. Conclusión: Se presentó el caso de un niño con meduloepitelioma de cuerpo ciliar, exponiéndose las manifestaciones clínicas, su diagnóstico y tratamiento, así como la revisión de la literatura existente.

Background: We present the case of a 10-year-old patient who underwent a diagnosis of ciliary body medulloepithelioma with subsequent enucleation. Objective: To present the main clinical characteristics, diagnostic and therapeutic aproach of a patient with a ciliary body medulloepithelioma, carrying out a review of the existing literature of this pathology. Study design: Case report. Case summary: A 10-year-old male patient presented with loss of visual acuity associated with ocular pain. Ophthalmological examination revealed a mass in the anterior chamber. A biopsy of an iris lesion was made, diagnosing a ciliary body medulloepithelioma with subsequent enucleation. Conclusion: The case of a child with ciliary body medulloepithelioma was presented, exposing the clinical manifestations, their diagnosis and treatment, as well as the review of the existing literature.

Internal eye wall resection of uveal tumors: long-term evaluation / Ressecção em bloco de tumores uveais: avaliação de longo prazo

The authors report five cases of uveal tumors managed with internal eye wall resection and evaluate the long-term results. Patient age varied from 31 to 61 years. Four patients were female and one was male. Uveal tumors involved ciliary body and choroid in three patients and choroid alone in the other two. Histopathological examination demonstrated three uveal melanomas, one leiomyoma, and one meduloepithelioma. The largest tumor diameter ranged from 8 to 15 mm and tumor thickness from 5 to 11 mm. Follow-up of the patients was over a period of 6 to 23 years. Final visual acuity was 20/20 in 3 patients and 20/200 in one patient, and in the fifth patient, the affected eye was enucleated. No cases of metastatic disease or local recurrence of the tumor were observed, suggesting that internal eye wall resection is a valid alternative for the treatment of selected cases of uveal tumors.

Os autores relatam 5 casos que apresentavam tumores uveais e foram submetidos à remoção cirúrgica em bloco do tumor, avaliando resultados de acuidade visual, índice de retenção do globo ocular e de doença metastática. Quatro mulheres e um homem, com idade entre 31 e 61anos foram submetidos ao procedimento. O tumor envolvia corpo ciliar e coroide em três olhos e somente a coroide em dois. A histopatologia demonstrou que 3 tumores eram melanomas, um leiomioma e um meduloepitelioma. O maior diâmetro dos tumores foi entre 8 e 15 mm e a espessura entre 5 e 11 mm. O tempo de seguimento dos pacientes foi de 6 a 23 anos. A acuidade visual final foi de 20/20 em 3 olhos, 20/200 em outro e um olho foi enucleado. Não foram observados casos de doença metastática ou recorrência tumoral, sugerindo que a ressecção em bloco de tumores uveais é uma alternativa válida para o tratamento destes tumores em casos selecionados.

Melanoma de corpo ciliar e coróide: relato de caso / Choroidal and ciliary body melanoma: case report

Melanomas oculares correspondem a 5 por cento de todos os melanomas e 85 por cento deles têm origem no trato uveal. Melanoma uveal é o tumor maligno intraocular primário mais comum no adulto. Relatamos neste artigo um caso de melanoma uveal em paciente, sexo feminino, 31 anos, com quadro de fotopsia, hiperemia e baixa da acuidade visual no olho esquerdo com evolução de quatro meses. Apresentava ao exame oftalmológico acuidade visual menor que 20/400, grande massa tumoral na região nasal retroiriana, com deslocamento anterior do cristalino, estreitamento da câmara anterior e descolamento seroso da retina. A ecografia sugeriu tratar-se de grande massa tumoral suspeita de melanoma de coróide com invasão do corpo ciliar. A confirmação diagnóstica foi possível por meio do exame anatomopatológico.

Ocular melanomas correspond to 5 percent of all melanomas and 85 percent of them have its origin in the uveal tract. Uveal melanoma is the most commom primary intraocular malignant tumor in the adult. In this article, a case of uveal melanoma in a 31 year-old female patient, with photopsia, hyperemia and low visual acuity in the left eye with evolution of 4 months is presented. In the ophthalmologic examination, visual acuity was lower than 20/400, a large tumoral mass was noted at the nasal region behind the iris with anterior lens displacement, anterior chamber narrowing and serous retinal detachment. The ocular echography suggested a large tumoral mass as a choroidal melanoma extending to the ciliary body. The confirmation diagnosis was possible through the histopathologic examination.

Peripheral Anterior Synechiae and Ultrasound Biomicroscopic Parameters in Angle-Closure Glaucoma Suspects

PURPOSE: To investigate the correlation between peripheral anterior synechia (PAS) and the quantitative anterior chamber angle parameters measured by ultrasound microscopy (UBM) in angle-closure glaucoma suspect (ACGS) eyes. METHODS: Eyes were defined ACGS as having occludable angles and intraocular pressure less than 21 mm Hg without glaucomatous optic nerve head. The gonioscopic criteria for ACGS were the trabecular meshwork invisible in 3 or more quadrants of the entire angle and the angular width less than 20 degrees by Shaffer classification. Twenty-seven eyes of 20 patients underwent anterior chamber angle and ciliary body imaging with UBM. Angle opening distance (AOD500), angle recess area (ARA), trabecular-ciliary process distance (TCPD) and trabecular-iris angle (TIA) were measured from the UBM images at each quadrant. RESULTS: The AOD500, ARA, and TIA were not significantly different between the eyes with PAS (9 eyes) and without PAS (18 eyes) at each quadrant. However, the TCPD was significantly shorter in the superior quadrant when compared with the eyes without PAS (mean: 405.3+/-70.9 micrometer vs 536.4+/-140.5 micrometer) (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that the shorter distance from trabecular meshwork to ciliary body or the anterior placement of ciliary process may play a role in the development of PAS in ACGS eyes.

Recurrent Mesectodermal Leiomyoma of the Ciliary Body: A Case Report

A 19-yr-old woman with a previous history of a mass of the right ciliary body presented with a decreased visual acuity of right eye. Clinicoradiologic examinations suggested a recurrent mass of the ciliary body. Enucleation of the right eye was performed under the impression of malignant tumor. On microscopic examination, the tumor was a mesectodermal leiomyoma of the ciliary body. On immunohistochemistry, the tumor cells were reactive to smooth muscle actin and vimentin, but not reactive to cytokeratin, S-100 protein, neurofilament, desmin, epithelial membrane antigen, HMB-45, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and synaptophysin. Electron microscopy revealed numerous thin longitudinally placed myofilaments and focal densities in the cytoplasms. In the review of the literature, only 27 cases of mesectodermal leiomyoma of the ciliary body were reported, however, there was no report of recurrent cases. Mesectodermal leiomyoma should be differentiated from other orbital spindle-cell tumors such as amelanotic melanomas and glial tumors. Immunohistochemical and electron microscopic studies may be useful for the correct diagnosis by showing smooth muscle differentiation in the tumor cells.

Medulloepithelioma of the ciliary body.

A rare case of medulloepithelioma of the ciliary body is described. The tumour necessitated enucleation of the eye; histopathological diagnosis was benign nonteratoid medulloepithelioma of the ciliary body.

Melanoma de tejido uveal / Uveal melanoma

El melanoma del tracto uveal es el tumor intraocular primario más frecuente en el adulto y se asocia a una alta incidencia de metástasis. Clínicamente puede ser asintomático y descubrirse en el transcurso de una exploración oftalmológica o manifestarse como una masa tumoral que desprende la retina ocasionando pérdida de la función visual. Su diagnóstico se basa en los hallazgos oftalmoscópicos, fluorangiográficos y ecográficos, además de existir pruebas inmunohistoquímicas específicas que determinan su terapéutica en gran medida.La presente sección muestra imágenes ecográficas características de esta patología enfatizando la importancia de este estudio en su diagnóstico.

Malignant melanoma of ciliary body: a case report.

Ocular malignant melanomas are infrequently seen in Indian patents and most them involve the choroid. Ciliary body malignant melanoma is rather rare. This case report illustrates an occurrence in an Indian patient.

Coristoma adiposo do corpo ciliar: relato de um caso / adipose choristoma into the ciliary body: a case report

Objetivo: Relato de um caso de um tumor raro de corpo ciliar em uma criança de 3 anos de idade.Local: Sociedade de Assistência aos Cegos; Laboratório de Anatomia Patológica do Hospital Geral de Fortaleza /SUS; Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.Método: Relato de caso.Resultado: O estudo anatomotológico do globo ocular revelou a presença de um tumor raro(coristoma adiposo) no corpo ciliar.Conclusäo: O achado de extrema raridade mostra a possibilidade de se encontrar tecido coristomatoso intra-ocular diferente de tecido de glândula lacrimal.

Angle-closure glaucoma secondary to multiple ciliary body cysts

A 61-year-old woman suffered from recurrent self-limiting attacks of acute glaucoma due to angle-closure caused by the primary epithelial cysts of ciliary body that were present through its entire circumference. Peripheral or sector iridectomy has been reported to be a successful management of this type of glaucoma. However, because this patient also had a cataract, I performed cataract extraction with a sectory iridectomy and a posterior chamber intraocular lens implant, resulting in the gratifying recovery of sight [from visual acuity of 20/200 to 20/40] and a proper control f glaucoma. [Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology 8:30, 45, April, 1992]

Retirada cirúrgica de tumor de iris, corpo ciliar e coróide, de grandes proporçöes / Surgical removal of iris tumor, ciliary body and choroid, of great proportions

O presente trabalho descreve um caso de retirada cirúrgica de um leiomioma que atingia íris, corpo ciliar e coróide (até quase o equador do globo ocular) e a manutençäo de visäo de 20/20 no olho operado. Foi realizada a retirada completa do tumor com margem de segurança de 2 mm. Fazem-se consideraçöes sobre o diagnóstico diferencial e manejo adequado destes tumores, bem como, a possibilidade da excisäo completa mantendo boa acuidade visual com o uso de técnicas cirúrgicas avançadas

Meduloepitelioma justa-papilar: apresentaçäo de um caso / Medulloepithelioma: report of a case

Os autores apresentam um caso de meduloepitelioma justa-papilar, forma muito rara de tumor intra-ocular. Apresentam ainda, suas principais características clínicas, ecográficas e anatomopatológicas

Estudo de 132 casos de ciclite heterocrônica de Fuchs / Study of 132 cases of the Fuch's heterochromic cyclitis

O trabalho consta de um estudo de 132 pacientes com ciclite heterocrômica de Fuchs, no período de 1972-1987. Nesta amostra comentamos a bilateralidade e sinéquias posteriores, em raros casos. Estudamos o histopatológico de iris e também a angiografia fluoresceínica da iris