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uveal melanoma

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A melanoma derived from melanocytes of the uveal tract. It is the most common primary intraocular tumor in the United States and Western Europe. Similar to melanoma of the skin, it is rare in Africa and Asia. Diagnostic procedures include ophthalmoscopic exam, fluorescein angiography and ultrasound. Treatment includes: surgical excision of the eye, iridocyclectomy and tumor resection. Recent treatments also include radiotherapy or photo coagulation. Classification of uveal melanomas recognizes four cell types within these tumors: epithelioid, intermediate, mixed cell, and spindle cell types. The spindle cell type uveal melanomas are further sub-classified as spindle cell type A and spindle cell type B. [ NCIT:P378 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0220633 (Orphanet:39044/e)
  • MESH:C536494 (Orphanet:39044/e)
  • NCIT:C7712 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • GARD:0008621 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • Orphanet:39044 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • OMIM:155720 (Orphanet:39044/e)
  • ONCOTREE:UM (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • MedDRA:10061252 (Orphanet:39044/e)
  • EFO:1000616 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • DOID:6039 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
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closeMatch

http://identifiers.org/meddra/10061252

definition

A melanoma derived from melanocytes of the uveal tract. It is the most common primary intraocular tumor in the United States and Western Europe. Similar to melanoma of the skin, it is rare in Africa and Asia. Diagnostic procedures include ophthalmoscopic exam, fluorescein angiography and ultrasound. Treatment includes: surgical excision of the eye, iridocyclectomy and tumor resection. Recent treatments also include radiotherapy or photo coagulation. Classification of uveal melanomas recognizes four cell types within these tumors: epithelioid, intermediate, mixed cell, and spindle cell types. The spindle cell type uveal melanomas are further sub-classified as spindle cell type A and spindle cell type B.

exactMatch

http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0220633, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C7712, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_6039, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Orphanet_39044, https://omim.org/entry/155720, http://identifiers.org/mesh/C536494

has exact synonym

uvea melanoma (disease), intraocular melanoma, uveal melanoma, melanoma of the uvea, melanoma (disease) of uvea, melanoma, uveal, malignant, uvea melanoma, melanoma of uvea

has narrow synonym

iris melanoma

has related synonym

choroidal melanoma

id

MONDO:0006486