Göziçi Tümörlerinde İnce İğne Aspirasyon Biyopsisi

Pur po se: To evaluate the patients with intraocular tumors who underwent diagnostic fine-needle aspiration biopsy.\udMa te ri al and Met hod: Between May 2003 and June 2009, fine-needle aspiration biopsy was performed in 14 patients with an\udintraocular tumor. For 6 cases with iris, iridocorneal angle or iridociliary pathology, aspiration was done with a 26-gauge needle under the\udsurgical microscope. For 6 of the 8 cases with vitreous, retinal, optic disc or choroid pathology, aspiration was done with 20 D lens, indirect\udophthalmoscope and 22-gauge needle. For the remaining 2 cases, aspiration biopsy was done by using 20-gauge pars plana vitrectomy and\ud22-gauge needle. A histopathologist examined the aspiration material in the operating room during the procedure.\udRe sults: Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of 14 patients showed that 3 had optic nerve melanocytoma, 2 had chorodial melanoma, 1 had\udiridociliary medulloepithelioma, 1 had iris melanoma, 1 had trabecular meshwork melanoma, 1 had iris nevus, 1 had leukemic infiltration,\ud1 had lymphoma, 1 had neuroendocrine carcinoma,1 had xanthogranuloma, and 1 patient had normal fine-needle aspiration biopsy\udfindings.\udDis cus si on: Fine-needle aspiration biopsy and cytopathology have an important role in the diagnosis of intraocular tumors that can not\udbe reliably diagnosed by clinical examination. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2012; 42: 408-11