Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 25, 2026

Implantation and Evaluation of Melanoma in the Murine Choroid via Optical Coherence Tomography
Published on: December 2, 2022
[Uveal melanoma in patients with ocular or oculodermal melanocytosis]
Iwona Szuścik1, Bozena Romanowska-Dixon, Barbara Jakubowska
1Kliniki Okulistyki i Onkologii, Okulistycznej Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie. iszuscik@mp.p
Purpose:
To describe patients with ocular or oculodermal melanocytosis and uveal melanoma.
Material And Methods:
In Departament of Ophthalmology in Krakow 4 patients with ocular and 1 with oculodermal melanocytosis and uveal melanoma were diagnosed.
Results:
In 4 patients with ocular melanocytosis and 1 with oculodermal melanocytosis the uveal melanoma was recognized and treated. Brachytherapy was used in 3 person, transcleral tumour resection in one case and in one enucleation was performed. During follow-up in two patients metastases to the liver were found.
Conclusions:
Patients with ocular and oculodermal melanocytosis should be regularly controled ophthalmoscopically for the occurrence of uveal melanoma.
Related Concept Videos
Skin Cancer
Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC): BCC is the most common type of skin cancer, accounting for about 80% of cases. It typically develops in...
Glaucoma: Overview
Open Angle Glaucoma: Treatment
Drugs such as carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, α2- and...
Photoreceptors and Visual Pathways
Angle Closure Glaucoma: Treatment
The Retinoblastoma Gene
The first-ever tumor suppressor gene called Rb was identified in retinoblastoma - a rare eye tumor in children. In inherited forms of the disease, a child inherits one defective copy of the Rb gene, which predisposes them to retinoblastoma. However,...
