Journals / Retina-Vitreus / 2004 / Cilt: 12 - Sayı: 1

Malignant transformation of a presumed optic disc melanocytoma

Olası bir optik disk melanositomasının malign dönüşümü

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49–53
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Although there is a lack of clinical follow-up, findings of clinical and laboratory studies lead us to consider that this is a rare case of malignant transformation of a presumed optic disc melanocytoma.

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Objective & Hypothesis:A 39-year-old man suffering from blurred vision on his left eye for four months was referred to our clinic with a diagnosis of retinal detachment.
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Key Findings & Data:At his initial examination, visual acuities were 10/10 in both eyes.
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Conclusion & Impact:Although there is a lack of clinical follow-up, findings of clinical and laboratory studies lead us to consider that this is a rare case of malignant transformation of a presumed optic disc melanocytoma.
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⚙️Variables:Göz neoplazmları · Melanom · Eye Neoplasms

Abstract

A 39-year-old man suffering from blurred vision on his left eye for four months was referred to our clinic with a diagnosis of retinal detachment. At his initial examination, visual acuities were 10/10 in both eyes. He had a mushroom shaped, dark black mass obscuring the optic disc margins and a flat, yellow-white, nasally located subretinal lesion contiguous with the disc portion of that mass in his left eye. Since it was diagnosed with malignant melanoma of the optic disc and juxtapapillary choroid according to the associated angiographic and ultrasonographic findings, the left eye was enucleated with a modified manner. Histopathologic studies demonstrated a mixed-cell malignant melanoma accompanied with a population of melanocytoma cells. Although there is a lack of clinical follow-up, findings of clinical and laboratory studies lead us to consider that this is a rare case of malignant transformation of a presumed optic disc melanocytoma.

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Dört aydan beri sol gözündeki bulanık görme şikayeti nedeniyle bir göz hekimine başvuran 39 yaşındaki erkek hasta, retina dekolmanı ön tanısı ile kliniğimize sevk edilmişti. Hastanın ilk muayenesinde, her iki gözünün görmeleri tam seviyesinde idi. Sol gözde optik disk üzerinde, disk sınırlarını gizleyecek büyüklükte, yuvarlak, mantar şeklinde vitreusa doğru kabarık, kahverengi-siyah renkli kitlenin optik disk nazalinde, subretinal bölgede, daha yassı ve kirli sarı renkli olarak devam ettiği saptandı. Eşlik eden klinik, anjiyografik ve ultrasonografik bulgularla optik disk ve jukstapapiller koroidin malign melanomu tanısı kesinleştirilen hastaya modifiye enükleasyon yapıldı. Histopatolojik incelemede karma tip malign melanoma eşlik eden melanositoma hücreleri saptanması nedeniyle, yeterli klinik geçmiş bilgisi olmamasına rağmen, mevcut klinik ve laboratuar bulgular ışığında olgumuzda saptadığımız kitlenin oldukça nadir görülen olası bir optik disk melanositomasının malign transformasyonu olabileceğini düşünmekteyiz.

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DOĞAN, B., ALP, M. N., ÖZSOY, Ş., SEÇKİN, S., KURAL, G. (2004). Malignant transformation of a presumed optic disc melanocytoma. Retina-Vitreus, Cilt: 12 - Sayı: 1, 49–53. https://ajindex.com/articles/305371

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