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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2020

Enucleated globes with choroidal melanoma: A retrospective histopathological study and correlation with cytogenetic profile in 2 eye centers.

Hind M Alkatan, Abdullah Aoun Al Qahtani, Azza My Maktabi

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Hind M AlkatanOphthalmology Department, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah Aoun Al QahtaniSurgical Vitreo-retina, Ophthalmology Department, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Azza My MaktabiPathology & Laboratory Medicine Department, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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backgroundUveal melanoma is the commonest intraocular malignant tumor in adults and the choroid is the commonest involved location. It is more prevalent in Caucasians; however, the demographics are widely variable based on ethnicity. Histopathological features have been correlated to the cytogenetic profile, which we intend to report through the study of enucleated eyes with choroidal melanoma (CM). MATERIALS AND

methodsA retrospective review of 28 enucleated globes with CM in 2 tertiary eye centers (January 2000-December 2017). The tumors were histopathologically classified based on the 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC). The histopathological risk factors and the AJCC classifications were correlated with Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for chromosomes 3 and 8 available results in 18/28 eyes.

resultsWe have included 28 patients with a mean age of 56 years, 13 males (46.4%) and 15 females (53.6%). None had lymph node involvement or metastatic disease. The tumor size was categorized as 3 and 4 in 68% of eyes. Half tumors were of spindle cell type and were associated with absent cytogenetic abnormality in chromosomes 3 and 8 (P=0.005). Closed vascular loops presence was significantly associated with abnormal chromosomes 3 and 8 (P=0.027).

conclusionPatients in our area presented late with larger tumor size. The spindle cell CM was the commonest and correlated with negative FISH results, while the presence of closed vascular loops was a risk factor for abnormal FISH results hence expected worse prognosis. AJCC classification did not correlate well with our FISH results.

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Choroidal melanomaChromosomeCytogeneticEnucleationHistopathology

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PMCPMC7272512

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