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ArticleJAMA ophthalmology2014

The occurrence and proposed significance of Schnabel cavernous degeneration in uveal melanoma.

Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi, Amir A Azari, Heather D Potter, Vivian Lee, Daniel M Albert

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Article in JAMA ophthalmology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi
Amir A Azari
Heather D Potter
Vivian Lee
Daniel M Albert
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

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UW Vision Research Core - Administrative CoreP30EY016665 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ROBERT W NICKELLS · 2005 to 2026
$12.6M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY016665NEI NIH HHS P30-EY016665
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

importanceSchnabel cavernous degeneration (SCD) has been observed in eyes with uveal melanoma (UM), but, to our knowledge, a definitive study establishing the association between SCD and UM has not been conducted.

objectiveTo explore an association between SCD and UM. DESIGN, SETTING, AND

participantsA historical cohort analysis was performed using histologic slides and related clinical records of cases from the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study and Eye Pathology Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, including 1985 UM eyes, 517 eye bank eyes, and 155 enucleated glaucomatous eyes. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The prevalence of SCD was calculated and compared between each group; subgroup analysis was also conducted of eyes with and without SCD for the prevalence of glaucoma.

resultsSchnabel cavernous degeneration was seen in 17 (0.9%) UM eyes, 9 (1.7%) eye bank eyes, and 2 (1.3%) enucleated glaucomatous eyes. No difference was detected between the prevalence of SCD in UM eyes and eye bank eyes (odds ratio [OR], 0.49; 95% CI, 0.22-1.10) or enucleated glaucomatous eyes (OR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.15-2.89). Subgroup analysis, performed on 421 UM eyes, provided sufficient clinical information to definitively establish the presence or absence of glaucoma. Of the 95 (22.6%) eyes with glaucoma, 11 (11.6%) revealed histopathologic evidence of SCD. Compared with enucleated end-stage glaucoma eyes, this represents a 10-fold increase in SCD in UM eyes with glaucoma (OR, 10.10; 95% CI, 2.17-46.26). The prevalence of glaucoma in UM eyes with SCD, however, was respectively 7- and 15-fold higher than the prevalence of glaucoma in SCD-negative UM eyes (OR, 6.98; 95% CI, 2.51-19.43) and SCD-positive eye bank eyes (OR, 14.67; 95% CI, 1.46-146.97). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Although an association between SCD and UM was not confirmed, subgroup analysis did reveal an increased incidence of SCD in eyes with both UM and glaucoma. This suggests that the occurrence of glaucoma may increase the risk of SCD in eyes with UM.

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AgedDisease ProgressionEye EnucleationFemaleGlaucomaHumansIncidenceMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedOdds RatioOptic DiskPrevalencePrognosisTrabecular MeshworkUveal Melanoma

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