[Melanocytoma of the ciliary body]

We report the case of a 25 year old woman who attended our Hospital with a pigmented lesion in anterior chamber angle of her right eye. She complained of reduced visual acuity on the same eye. On examination, and once complementary tests were performed, a pigmented lesion located on the iris root and ciliary body of her right eye was confirmed. A decision to perform a local resection was made and there were no surgical complication. Histology results confirmed the diagnosis of ciliary body melanocytoma.

Ciliary body melanocytoma is a benign rare lesion with only 40 cases described in the literature. A local resection of this benign lesion should be considered as alternative to enucleation, even though differential diagnosis with malignant melanoma must also be considered.