Cytomorphology of a mixed pigmented/nonpigmented pleomorphic adenoma of the ciliary body: A diagnostic pitfall in the evaluation of intraocular tumors

✍ Scribed by Nora V. Laver; Roy S. Rubinfeld; Michael Baum; Pedro A. de Brito

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 493 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 8755-1039
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199604)14:3<259::aid-dc12>3.0.co;2-k

✦ Synopsis

Intraoperative cytology is an alternative and sometimes preferred method to frozen section in the rapid evaluation of surgical biopsies. This report describes the cytological, histological, and immunohistochemical features of a case of mixed pigmented/nonpigmented pleomorphic adenoma of the ciliary body with clinical and morphological features reminiscent of malignant melanoma, The characteristic cyto-histomorphology of this unusual tumor and its distinguishing features from malignant melanoma are discussed.