Congenital uveal malignant melanoma: a case report

Posterior Uveal Melanoma in Young Patients Treated With Proton Beam Therapy

“…[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Congenital uveal melanoma is very infrequent with only four well-documented cases reported in the literature. [12][13][14][15] Previous studies of young patients with uveal melanoma have suggested improved survival compared with adults. 4,[7][8][9][10]16 With the exception of the study by Shields et al 9 (96% survival rate), in which only 12% of the tumors were located in the iris, the rest had a significant proportion (20-50%) of iris tumors, which have a favorable prognosis compared with ciliary body and choroidal tumors.…”

Melanoma of ciliary body presenting as retinoblastoma in an 18‐month‐old child

“…This is also uncommon before 20 years of age and extremely rare in children under five years. We were unable to find any report of ciliary body melanoma in the age group of our patient, except for a single report of congenital uveal melanoma in an infant of one week 3 …”

Uveal melanoma in a 19-month-old child

“…1 Few cases of congenital uveal melanoma have been published. [2][3][4] The clinical features of uveal melanoma (eg, unilaterality, predominance among white subjects and frequent choroidal location) are similar for adults and children. 1 Retinal and vitreous invasion are more likely to occur with continued melanoma growth, after the rupture of Bruch's membrane, when the tumor has a tendency to bleed.…”