Very late local recurrence of uveal melanoma following successful trans-scleral local resection

Risk factors for metastatic uveal melanoma after trans-scleral local resection.

AIMS This study reports the metastatic death rate after trans-scleral local resection of uveal melanoma and identifies relevant risk factors. METHODS Local resection was performed in 332 patients (mean age 51 years), with follow up ranging to 20.9 years (median for living patients 33 months). The tumours had a mean largest basal diameter of 13.1 mm and mean thickness of 7.5 mm, with 135 conta...

Risk factors for residual and recurrent uveal melanoma after trans-scleral local resection.

AIMS The aims of this study were to report local tumour control after trans-scleral local resection of uveal melanoma and to identify risk factors for (i) clinical residual tumour recognised immediately after surgery, and (ii) delayed tumour recurrence from subclinical microscopic deposits. METHODS The sample included 310 patients, treated by choroidectomy (188), cyclochoroidectomy (87), or i...

Local resection of posterior uveal melanoma.

Noncontiguous tumor recurrence of posterior uveal melanoma after transscleral local resection.

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical and histopathologic features of noncontiguous tumor recurrence after transscleral local resection of posterior uveal melanoma. METHODS Chart review was performed to identify patients with noncontiguous tumor recurrences from a series of 494 consecutive patients treated with transscleral local resection for uveal melanoma. The clinical and histopathologic fea...

Eyewall resection for a uveal malignant melanoma under local anesthesia.

A 44-year-old man was referred to our hospital for ciliary body tumor management. A uveal melanoma in the left eye without systemic metastasis was our impression after a series of examinations. We treated this patient with eyewall resection under local anesthesia. Eyewall resection was previously regarded as a complicated procedure that should be performed under general anesthesia. Our surgery ...