Atypical presentations of choroidal melanocytoma

Melanocytoma is a specific variant of melanocytic nevus, located in the optic disk or anywhere in the uveal tract, characterized clinically by a dark-brown to black color, and composed histopathologically of deeply pigmented round to oval cells with small, round, uniform nuclei. In this report, we d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chinese medical journal 2009-05, Vol.122 (10), p.1238-1240
Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Xiao, Dai, Rong-ping, Chao, Wei-jing, Dong, Fang-tian
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Zusammenfassung:Melanocytoma is a specific variant of melanocytic nevus, located in the optic disk or anywhere in the uveal tract, characterized clinically by a dark-brown to black color, and composed histopathologically of deeply pigmented round to oval cells with small, round, uniform nuclei. In this report, we described a case of large juxtapapillary melanocytoma with atypical presentations.
ISSN:0366-6999
DOI:10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.10.024