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Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:77-82.

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Leiomyoma is a rare benign, smooth muscle–derived tumor that can arise from all parts of the uveal tract.^1-2 This tumor can cause diagnostic difficulties, because it may appear clinically as an amelanotic melanoma. Fewer than 30 leiomyomas of the ciliary body have been reported, but often these have not been well documented by immunohistochemical and/or electron microscopic studies.

Herein we report an unusual variant of a ciliary body leiomyoma, which to our knowledge has not been documented in the literature. This tumor was clinically suspected of being a malignant melanoma, with histopathologic resemblence to a granular cell tumor. Results of more detailed immunohistochemical and electron microscopic studies showed smooth muscle differentiation and marked mitochondrial abundance of the tumor, which was finally classified as an epithelioid leiomyoma particularly rich in mitochondria.

Report of a Case

A 30-year-old Greek patient was referred to our hospital because of a tumor of the ciliary body in his right . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Corresponding author and reprints: Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany (e-mail: ursula.schloetzer@augen.imed.uni-erlangen.de).

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