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ArticleOcular oncology and pathology2020

Isolated Ocular Sarcoidosis Mimicking Ring Melanoma.

Carsten Faber, Rasmus Ejstrup, Karine Madsen, Steffen Heegaard, David Scheie, Jens Folke Kiilgaard

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Article in Ocular oncology and pathology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carsten FaberDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rasmus EjstrupDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Karine MadsenDepartment of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, University Hospital Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Steffen HeegaardDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
David ScheieDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jens Folke KiilgaardDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the case of a 25-year-old female, who presented with a large, pale tumor of her ciliary body that extended to >180° of the anterior chamber angle. All preoperative examinations including ultrasound biomicroscopy, scleral transillumination, and MRI indicated melanoma. A thorough systemic work-up was negative. A diagnosis of ring melanoma was suspected, and the patient was scheduled for enucleation. However, perioperative frozen section indicated granulomatous inflammation. The enucleation was cancelled, and a subtenon injection of triamcinolone was administered, which resulted in the disappearance of the tumor. Together, the findings meet the criteria for the diagnosis of isolated ocular sarcoidosis. This case demonstrates that a sarcoid granuloma can mimic all clinical features of a ring melanoma. Therefore, a biopsy should be done before destructive surgery is carried out.

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DiagnosticsInflammationOcular sarcoidosisTransscleral biopsyUveal melanoma

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PMCPMC7250346
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