2002
DOI: 10.1076/noph.27.1.39.14290
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Growing optic disc melanocytoma: what to do?

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“…The growth of benign lesions confirmed by post-enucleation histopathology study, has been documented in 10-15% of cases [9][10][11][12][13]16,17,[21][22][23][24]30,31,33,37,38 , after several years of follow-up (approximately 5 to 20 years) 4 .…”
Section: Clinical Presentationmentioning
confidence: 92%
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“…The growth of benign lesions confirmed by post-enucleation histopathology study, has been documented in 10-15% of cases [9][10][11][12][13]16,17,[21][22][23][24]30,31,33,37,38 , after several years of follow-up (approximately 5 to 20 years) 4 .…”
Section: Clinical Presentationmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…Other ocular disorders have been observed in patients with melanocytoma; however, there is no evidence of their correlation, such as optic nerve hypoplasia (2%), retinitis pigmentosa (1%) and congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) 2 . The presence of a choroidal nevus concurrent with melanocytoma has also been described in 47% to 50% of patients 3,4,13,33 .…”
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“…La edad media de diagnóstico es a los 50 años, con un rango entre 1 y 91 años según la revisión de Shields [9][10][11][12][13][14] . Sin embargo, en otros reportes se encuentra un rango entre los 17 y los 74 años 14 .…”
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“…Estas lesiones se han visto asociadas a melanocitosis ocular en el 8% de los pacientes 2,9 , y se han encontrado otras asociaciones oculares en pacientes con melanocitoma, sin embargo, no existe evidencia científica que compruebe su relación, como por ejemplo, hipoplasia del nervio óptico (2%), retinitis pigmentosa (1%) e hipertrofia congénita del epitelio pigmentario de la retina (EPR) 2 . También se ha descrito la presencia de un nevo coroideo concomitante con melanocitoma hasta en el 47 a 50% de los pacientes 3,4,13,33 .…”
Section: Presentación Clínicaunclassified