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September 1988

Hemangiopericytoma of the Ciliary Body

Author Affiliations

From the Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (Drs Gieser, Hufnagel, Jaros, MacRae, and Khodadoust), and the Section of Neuropathology, Department of Surgery (Dr Hufnagel), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

Arch Ophthalmol. 1988;106(9):1269-1272. doi:10.1001/archopht.1988.01060140429046
Abstract

• A 60-year-old woman had a ciliary body tumor that resembled an amelanotic malignant melanoma by clinical examination. The magnetic resonance imaging scan correlated with the clinical diagnosis. Because of apparent rapid growth, her eye was enucleated. However, histopathologic examination revealed a highly vascularized, spindle-cell tumor harboring immunoreactive actin and vimentin. Electron microscopy further supported the diagnosis of hemangiopericytoma with smooth-muscle differentiation. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a hemangiopericytoma of the ciliary body.

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