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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology)  2007, Vol. 8 Issue (9): 612-615    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2007.B0612
Biomedicine     
Adenoma of nonpigmented epithelium in ciliary body: literature review and case report
CHEN Zhi-qing, FANG Xiao-yun
Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China
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Abstract  Adenomas of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium (NPCE) are often clinically indistinguishable from amelanotic malignant melanomas of the ciliary body or metastatic carcinomas. This paper reports a case study of a distinctive variant of adenoma of the NPCE, which clinically appears as epiretinal membrane in the macular region. Histopathologic studies have revealed this is an adenoma of the NPCE. Identification of this clinic feature is important because it will miss the diagnosis of the adenoma of the NPCE. In this case study, B-scan ultrasonography as well as computerized tomography (CT) has been used to provide help in diagnosing the ciliary body tumor. Because of their anterior location in the ciliary body, partial lamellar sclerouvectomy is an effective method of treatment.

Key words： Epiretinal membrane      Ciliary body      Uveal tumor      Adenoma     
Received: 03 April 2007     
CLC:  R77  
  R36  
  R739.7  
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CHEN Zhi-qing, FANG Xiao-yun. Adenoma of nonpigmented epithelium in ciliary body: literature review and case report. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology), 2007, 8(9): 612-615.

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