Synonyms: Choroidal melanoma | Iris melanoma
Uveal melanoma is a rare tumor of the eye arising from the choroid in 90% of cases and from the iris and ciliary body in the other 10% of cases which clinically presents with visual symptoms (including blurred vision photopsia floaters and visual field reduction) a visible mass and pain. Fatal metastatic disease is seen in about half of all patients with the liver being the most frequent site of metastasis.
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