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Ciliary body malignant melanoma in a black child
J C Hill1, C Stannard, R M Bowen
1Department of Ophthalmology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Uveal malignant melanoma is uncommon both in children and in black patients. There has been only one previous report of this type of tumor occurring in a black child. This paper presents the case history of a 5-year-old black girl who presented with a mass arising from the ciliary body and choroid. This was found to be a malignant melanoma on histological examination. The difficulties in diagnosis are discussed and the histological features presented.