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Retinal pigment epithelium adenoma in vitreous fluid cytology
Author(s) -
John Sandhya,
Lew Madelyn
Publication year - 2017
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.23781
Subject(s) - melanocytoma , medicine , pathology , retinal pigment epithelium , cytology , lesion , differential diagnosis , nevus , adenoma , melanoma , retinal , ophthalmology , cancer research
Ocular cytology specimens are relatively uncommon, adding to the difficulty of their evaluation by cytopathologists. While melanomas account for a majority of primary intraocular pigmented lesions, other diagnostic considerations must be included in the differential. This brief report highlights a case of a pigmented ocular lesion in a 24‐year‐old man and key morphologic, immunohistochemical, and clinical differences between melanoma, melanocytoma, choroidal nevus, and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) adenoma.

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