
To report the risk factors for extraocular extension of uveal melanoma.A retrospective study of 1144 enucleated eyes with ciliary body or/and choroidal melanoma.Extraocular extension or intrascleral invasion was found in 170 patients (14.86%), the nodular extraocular extension in 71 (6.20%). Extraocular extension was more common in older patients (> 50), large and medium size tumors, located close to the optic disc and mixed type.
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Choroid Neoplasms, Age Factors, Visual Acuity, Middle Aged, Eye Enucleation, Risk Factors, Humans, Female, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Poland, Melanoma, Orbit, Aged, Retrospective Studies
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Choroid Neoplasms, Age Factors, Visual Acuity, Middle Aged, Eye Enucleation, Risk Factors, Humans, Female, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Poland, Melanoma, Orbit, Aged, Retrospective Studies
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