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Uveal Melanoma: Differential Diagnosis

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Making the correct diagnosis in a patient with a possible uveal tumor can be difficult. Historically, 20 % of the eyes that were removed with a clinical diagnosis of a uveal melanoma contained a simulating lesion on histologic examination [1]. In patients with choroidal lesions, the diagnostic error rate, using modern diagnostic modalities, should be under 1 %. In anterior tumors involving the ciliary body and iris, there is a higher diagnostic error rate, and in some series, it still approaches 40 % [2–4]. Since choroidal lesions are much frequent than those involving either the iris or ciliary body, they are discussed first.

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    Bertil Damato

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    Arun D. Singh

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Char, D.H. (2014). Uveal Melanoma: Differential Diagnosis. In: Damato, B., Singh, A. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54255-8_8

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