Pigmented malignant medulloepithelioma of the ciliary body

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2004 Nov-Dec;41(6):364-6. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20041101-05.

Abstract

Medulloepitheliomas are usually amelanotic. Pigmented medulloepitheliomas are unusual and only two cases have been reported. We report an additional case of pigmented malignant medulloepithelioma of the ciliary body with histopathologic correlation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Ciliary Body / diagnostic imaging
  • Ciliary Body / pathology*
  • Ciliary Body / surgery
  • Eye Enucleation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / diagnostic imaging
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / pathology*
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / surgery
  • Pigmentation
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Uveal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Uveal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uveal Neoplasms / surgery