Uveal Melanoma in Teenagers and Children

Is CT Still Useful in the Study Protocol of Retinoblastoma?

“…Despite the fact that retinoblastoma and melanoma usually have different ages of presentation, both the diseases may present in children older than 7 years of age and in teenagers (personal observation). 13,39 The MR imaging characteristics of retinoblastoma are quite similar to those of uveal melanoma; however, to our knowledge, MR imaging in uveal melanoma does not show spots of signal-intensity loss in spin-echo T2-weighted and gradient-echo T2*-weighted imaging. Furthermore, we never noticed such a sign in our personal case records.…”

Choroidal melanoma presenting as a haemorrhagic detachment in a 12-year old

“…3 Although the clinical appearance and prognosis of these lesions have been reported to be similar to that seen in adults, 4 some studies have reported them to bear a more favourable prognosis in children. 5 The average incidence of the same in children ranges from 0.6 to 1.65%, with only 22% of these patients being below the age of 15 years 6 making an incidence of 0.12% in children under the age of 15.…”

Melanoma in Сhildren

“…Хорошо известен тот факт, что меланома (мела-нобластома) является очень редким заболевани-ем в детском возрасте [1,2].…”

“…Shields с соавт. [1] в своем исследовании отметили, что заболеваемость уве-альной меланомой у пациентов моложе 20 лет составляет 1,1%. В другой работе [7] обнаружено, что из 103 пациентов с увеальной меланомой толь-ко один был в возрасте младше 20 лет.…”