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Intraocular pigmented proliferations in the context of cytologic evaluation
Author(s) -
Ylagan Lourdes R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.21145
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , cytology , adjuvant chemotherapy , profiling (computer programming) , pathology , dermatology , lesion , cancer , paleontology , breast cancer , computer science , biology , operating system
This article is written to give an overview of the various intraocular pigmented proliferations as it pertains to cytologic evaluation and interpretation. It reviews the various epithelial and melanocytic lesions, their location and the various clinical approaches the ophthalmologist uses to aspirate the lesion. It also reviews the current thinking in the differentiation between Class I and Class II melanomas and how molecular profiling may be necessary in its differentiation which could help stratify those patients whose tumors are refractory to treatment and may benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy and eye‐sparing surgery. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.