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Tapioca Melanoma of the Iris: A Case Report
PURPOSE: To report an extremely rare case of tapioca melanoma of the iris in an Iranian patient. CASE REPORT: A 50-year-old male patient presented with ocular pain and redness in the right eye for two weeks. The visual acuity was 7/10 and the intraocular pressure (IOP) was 30 mmHg. A lobulated amela...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815328/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31660116 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v14i3.4794 |
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author | Karimi, Saeed Pahlevani, Pouyan |
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description | PURPOSE: To report an extremely rare case of tapioca melanoma of the iris in an Iranian patient. CASE REPORT: A 50-year-old male patient presented with ocular pain and redness in the right eye for two weeks. The visual acuity was 7/10 and the intraocular pressure (IOP) was 30 mmHg. A lobulated amelanotic vascularized and nodular (tapioca-like) iris mass with a 180 [Formula: see text] extent was seen in the right eye. Incisional biopsy of the mass revealed atypical mixed type (epithelioid and spindle cell) melanoma. Brachytherapy with the ruthenium-106 plaque resulted in complete regression of the tumor. CONCLUSION: Tapioca melanoma of the iris should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with nodular vascularized amelanotic iris mass and elevated IOP. Brachytherapy with ruthenium-106 seems to be an effective treatment for tapioca melanoma of the iris. |
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spelling | pubmed-68153282019-10-28 Tapioca Melanoma of the Iris: A Case Report Karimi, Saeed Pahlevani, Pouyan J Ophthalmic Vis Res Case Report PURPOSE: To report an extremely rare case of tapioca melanoma of the iris in an Iranian patient. CASE REPORT: A 50-year-old male patient presented with ocular pain and redness in the right eye for two weeks. The visual acuity was 7/10 and the intraocular pressure (IOP) was 30 mmHg. A lobulated amelanotic vascularized and nodular (tapioca-like) iris mass with a 180 [Formula: see text] extent was seen in the right eye. Incisional biopsy of the mass revealed atypical mixed type (epithelioid and spindle cell) melanoma. Brachytherapy with the ruthenium-106 plaque resulted in complete regression of the tumor. CONCLUSION: Tapioca melanoma of the iris should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with nodular vascularized amelanotic iris mass and elevated IOP. Brachytherapy with ruthenium-106 seems to be an effective treatment for tapioca melanoma of the iris. PUBLISHED BY KNOWLEDGE E 2019-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6815328/ /pubmed/31660116 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v14i3.4794 Text en Copyright © 2019 Karimi and Pahlevani. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Karimi, Saeed Pahlevani, Pouyan Tapioca Melanoma of the Iris: A Case Report |
title | Tapioca Melanoma of the Iris: A Case Report |
title_full | Tapioca Melanoma of the Iris: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Tapioca Melanoma of the Iris: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Tapioca Melanoma of the Iris: A Case Report |
title_short | Tapioca Melanoma of the Iris: A Case Report |
title_sort | tapioca melanoma of the iris: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815328/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31660116 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v14i3.4794 |
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