2002
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9394(02)01590-8
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Spontaneous appearance of an optic disk melanocytoma in an adult

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“…It appears as a pigmented lesion of dark brown or black color. The average age of diagnosis is 50 years, and the distribution is equal among races (1,2) . In the case reported in this study, the tumor had size and shape consistent with what is described in the literature, with 1.76 mm in the anteroposterior section.…”
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“…It appears as a pigmented lesion of dark brown or black color. The average age of diagnosis is 50 years, and the distribution is equal among races (1,2) . In the case reported in this study, the tumor had size and shape consistent with what is described in the literature, with 1.76 mm in the anteroposterior section.…”
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“…It is characterized by a densely pigmented, slightly elevated, and rounded lesion, generally located in the inferior temporal quadrant of the optical disk and typically unilateral. It is considered a benign, asymptomatic tumor evolving with malignant transformation in 1-2% of cases (1,2) . In general, the melanocytoma is stationary or has a very slow growth.…”
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“…É possível que o melanocitoma seja uma lesão congênita, mas que só se torna clinicamente aparente em uma fase tardia da vida, talvez devido à aquisição de pigmentos em uma lesão previamente amelanótica (10) .Existem relatos de desenvolvimento em adultos com documentação fotográfica prévia como normal, abrindo especulação para existência de uma forma adquirida ou também para uma apresentação de uma lesão amelanótica que se torna pigmentada (10) .…”
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“…Foram relatados alguns casos raros de associações oculares, embora consideradas prováveis coincidên-cias, tais como melanose racial, hipoplasia do disco óptico, retinose pigmentar, hipertrofia congênita do epitélio pigmentar da retina, neurofibromatose tipo dois, carcinoma basocelular (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28) .…”
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