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UVEAL TUMOURS. 1. Iris melanoma. 2. Iris naevus. 3. Ciliary boy melanoma. 4. Choroidal melanoma. 5. Choroidal naevus. 6. Choroidal haemangioma. Circumscribed Diffuse. 7. Choroidal metastatic carcinoma. 8. Choroidal osseous choristoma. 9. Melanocytoma.
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UVEAL TUMOURS 1. Iris melanoma 2. Iris naevus 3. Ciliary boy melanoma 4. Choroidal melanoma 5. Choroidal naevus 6. Choroidal haemangioma • Circumscribed • Diffuse 7. Choroidal metastatic carcinoma 8. Choroidal osseous choristoma 9. Melanocytoma
Iris Melanoma 1. Very rare - 8% of uveal melanomas 2. Presentation - fifth to sixth decades 3. Very slow growth 4. Low malignancy 5. Excellent prognosis
Iris melanoma • Usually pigmented nodule at • least 3 mm in diameter • Invariably in inferior half of iris • Occasionally non-pigmented • Surface vascularization • Angle involvement may cause • glaucoma • Pupillary distortion, ectropion • uveae and cataract
Differential diagnosis of iris melanoma Adenoma of pigment epithelium Large iris naevus distorting pupil Leiomyoma Ciliary body melanoma eroding iris root Metastasis to iris Primary iris cyst
Treatment of iris melanoma Non-resectable tumour - radiotherapy or enucleation Small tumour - broad iridectomy Angle invasion by tumour - iridocyclectomy
Iris naevus Typical Diffuse • Obscures iris crypts • Pigmented, flat or slightly elevated • Diameter usually less than 3 mm • May cause ipsilateral hyperchromic • heterochromia • Occasionally mild distortion of pupil and • ectropion uvea • May be associated with Cogan-Reese • syndrome
Ciliary body melanoma • Rare - 12% of uveal melanomas • Presentation - 6th decade • May be discovered by chance • Prognosis - guarded
Signs of ciliary body melanoma • Sentinel vessels • Extraocular extension • Lens subluxation or cataract • Retinal detachment • Erosion through iris root
Treatment options of ciliary body melanoma 1. Iridocyclectomy - small or medium tumours 2. Enucleation - large tumours 3. Radiotherapy - selected cases
Choroidal melanoma • Most common primary intraocular • tumour in adults • Most common uveal melanoma - • 80% of cases • Presentation - sixth decade • Prognosis - usually good
Choroidal melanoma (1) • Occasionally amelanotic • Double circulation • Brown, elevated, subretinal mass • Secondary retinal detachment • Choroidal folds
Choroidal melanoma (2) • Surface orange pigment (lipofuscin) is • common • Mushroom-shaped if breaks through • Bruch’s membrane • Ultrasound - acoustic hollowness, • choroidal excavation and orbital • shadowing
Differential diagnosis of choroidal melanoma Localized choroidal haemangioma Large choroidal naevus Metastatic tumour Dense sub-retinal or sub-RPE haemorrhage Choroidal detachment Choroidal granuloma
Treatment of choroidal melanoma 1. Brachytherapy - less than 10 mm elevation and 20 mm diameter 2. Charged particle irradiation - if unsuitable for brachytherapy 3. Transpupillary thermotherapy - selected small tumours 4. Trans-scleral local resection - carefully selected tumours less than 16 mm in diameter 5. Enucleation - very large tumours, particularly if useful vision lost 6. Exenteration - extraocular extension
Histological classification of uveal melanomas Pure epithelioid cell (5%) Spindle cell (45%) Mixed cell (45%) Necrotic (5%)
Poor Prognostic Factors of Uveal Melanomas 1. Histological • Epithelioid cells • Closed vascular loops • Lymphocytic infiltration 2. Large size 3. Extrascleral extension 4. Anterior location 5. Age over 65 years
Typical choroidal naevus • Common - 2% of population • Round slate-grey with • indistinct margins • Surface drusen • Flat or slightly elevated • Diameter less than 5 mm • Location - anywhere • Asymptomatic
Suspicious choroidal naevus • Diameter more than 5 mm • Elevation 2 mm or more • Surface lipofuscin • Posterior margin within • 3 mm of disc • May have symptoms due • to serous fluid
Circumscribed choroidal haemangioma • Presentation - adult life • Dome-shaped or placoid, • red-orange mass • Commonly at posterior • pole • Between 3 and 9 mm in • diameter • May blanch with external • globe pressure • Surface cystoid retinal • degeneration • Exudative retinal • detachment • Treatment - radiotherapy • if vision threatened
Diffuse choroidal haemangioma Typically affects patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome Can be missed unless compared with normal fellow eye as shown here Diffuse thickening, most marked at posterior pole
Choroidal metastatic carcinoma Most frequent primary site is breast in women and bronchus in both sexes • Deposits may be multiple • Fast-growing, creamy-white, • placoid lesion • Bilateral in 10-30% • Most frequently at posterior pole
Choroidal osseous choristoma • Very rare, benign, slow-growing • ossifying tumour • Typically affects young women • Orange-yellow, oval lesion • Well-defined, scalloped, • geographical borders • Most commonly peripapillary • or at posterior pole • Diffuse mottling of RPE • Bilateral in 25%
Melanocytoma • Affects dark skinned • individuals • Usually asymptomatic • Most frequently affects • optic nerve head • Black lesion with feathery • edges