Prognostic Factors in Choroidal and Ciliary Body Melanomas

摘要: • We reviewed 293 cases of choroidal and ciliary body melanoma with a follow-up period five years or more. Nine factors influenced significantly the prognosis: Age patient at time enucleation, location tumor its anterior border, largest diameter in contact sclera, height tumor, integrity Bruch membrane, cell type, pigmentation, scleral infiltration by cells. Some these can be evaluated clinically before enucleation. Seven sets three each were determined order to have better prognostic values based on clinical data type. The is single most important pathological factor. prognosis relatively good when this 10 mm less becomes poor it exceeds mm. ( Arch Ophthalmol 95:63-69, 1977)