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Underlying Ciliary Body Uveal Melanoma in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting for Hyphema

(1) Background: Ciliary body uveal melanoma is a rare subtype of uveal melanoma which comprises 3–5% of melanomas, an immunogenic cancer, and can present multifaceted initial clinical manifestations, masquerading as various ocular pathologies. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) presents immunodefici...

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Autores principales: Păsărică, Mihai Adrian, Curcă, Paul Filip, Dragosloveanu, Christiana Diana Maria, Tătaru, Cătălina Ioana, Manole, Ioana Roxana, Murgoi, Gabriela Elisabeta, Grigorescu, Alexandru Călin
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9221604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35741122
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12061312
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author Păsărică, Mihai Adrian
Curcă, Paul Filip
Dragosloveanu, Christiana Diana Maria
Tătaru, Cătălina Ioana
Manole, Ioana Roxana
Murgoi, Gabriela Elisabeta
Grigorescu, Alexandru Călin
author_facet Păsărică, Mihai Adrian
Curcă, Paul Filip
Dragosloveanu, Christiana Diana Maria
Tătaru, Cătălina Ioana
Manole, Ioana Roxana
Murgoi, Gabriela Elisabeta
Grigorescu, Alexandru Călin
author_sort Păsărică, Mihai Adrian
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description (1) Background: Ciliary body uveal melanoma is a rare subtype of uveal melanoma which comprises 3–5% of melanomas, an immunogenic cancer, and can present multifaceted initial clinical manifestations, masquerading as various ocular pathologies. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) presents immunodeficiency and risk for the development of a secondary malignancy, with Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment having a mutagenic effect and a secondary anti-platelet aggregation effect. We present the case of a 65-year-old patient undergoing treatment for CLL with ibrutinib who presented with recurrent hyphema that masked an underlying, inferiorly situated, ciliary body uveal melanoma; (2) Methods: Retrospective case review; (3) Results: An ophthalmological examination together with imaging via mode B ultrasound and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging resulted in the clinical and imagistic diagnosis of a ciliary body uveal melanoma. A pathological examination of the enucleated eye confirmed the diagnosis. Postoperative tumoral reoccurrence was not detected for 1½ years, however, CLL immunosuppression worsened with admission for severe COVID-19 disease. (4) Conclusions: CLL patient screening for melanoma should also include detailed ophthalmological examinations, which could also include ultrasound ophthalmological imaging. The avoidance of uveal melanoma metastatic disease is paramount for patient survival. CLL manifests additional profound immunosuppression.
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spelling pubmed-92216042022-06-24 Underlying Ciliary Body Uveal Melanoma in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting for Hyphema Păsărică, Mihai Adrian Curcă, Paul Filip Dragosloveanu, Christiana Diana Maria Tătaru, Cătălina Ioana Manole, Ioana Roxana Murgoi, Gabriela Elisabeta Grigorescu, Alexandru Călin Diagnostics (Basel) Case Report (1) Background: Ciliary body uveal melanoma is a rare subtype of uveal melanoma which comprises 3–5% of melanomas, an immunogenic cancer, and can present multifaceted initial clinical manifestations, masquerading as various ocular pathologies. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) presents immunodeficiency and risk for the development of a secondary malignancy, with Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment having a mutagenic effect and a secondary anti-platelet aggregation effect. We present the case of a 65-year-old patient undergoing treatment for CLL with ibrutinib who presented with recurrent hyphema that masked an underlying, inferiorly situated, ciliary body uveal melanoma; (2) Methods: Retrospective case review; (3) Results: An ophthalmological examination together with imaging via mode B ultrasound and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging resulted in the clinical and imagistic diagnosis of a ciliary body uveal melanoma. A pathological examination of the enucleated eye confirmed the diagnosis. Postoperative tumoral reoccurrence was not detected for 1½ years, however, CLL immunosuppression worsened with admission for severe COVID-19 disease. (4) Conclusions: CLL patient screening for melanoma should also include detailed ophthalmological examinations, which could also include ultrasound ophthalmological imaging. The avoidance of uveal melanoma metastatic disease is paramount for patient survival. CLL manifests additional profound immunosuppression. MDPI 2022-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9221604/ /pubmed/35741122 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12061312 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Păsărică, Mihai Adrian
Curcă, Paul Filip
Dragosloveanu, Christiana Diana Maria
Tătaru, Cătălina Ioana
Manole, Ioana Roxana
Murgoi, Gabriela Elisabeta
Grigorescu, Alexandru Călin
Underlying Ciliary Body Uveal Melanoma in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting for Hyphema
title Underlying Ciliary Body Uveal Melanoma in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting for Hyphema
title_full Underlying Ciliary Body Uveal Melanoma in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting for Hyphema
title_fullStr Underlying Ciliary Body Uveal Melanoma in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting for Hyphema
title_full_unstemmed Underlying Ciliary Body Uveal Melanoma in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting for Hyphema
title_short Underlying Ciliary Body Uveal Melanoma in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting for Hyphema
title_sort underlying ciliary body uveal melanoma in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia presenting for hyphema
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9221604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35741122
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12061312
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