Vodencarevic Amra Nadarevic, Jusufovic Vahid, Terzic Svjetlana, Burgic Musfaha, Halibasic Meliha, Sinanovic Mersiha
Eye Clinic, University Clinic Centar Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Plastic and Maxillofacial clinic, University Clinic Centar Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mater Sociomed. 2016 Jul 24;28(4):314-315. doi: 10.5455/msm.2016.28.314-315.
Melanoma represents a malignant tumour arising from melanocytes. Uveal melanoma is the most common primary ocular malignancy among the adult population. The aim of the study was to examine epidemiological characteristics of ocular melanoma in University Clinic Centre in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina from January 2001 till November 2015.
In this retrospective study we used all available medical documentation to investigate the clinical findings which included age, gender, tumour size, histopathological features and the precise anatomic origin of the ocular melanoma.
Over the 14 year period of this study, there were 32 patients with microscopically confirmed ocular melanoma at the Department of Pathology. All malignant melanoma were uveal origin.
For early detection of the disease, regular checkups are necessary, especially in older population. As there is a limited number of reports on the epidemiology of malignant tumors of eye and ocular adnex in our region, this is very important study. We conclude that this is a first study in Bosnia and Herzegovina that document the number of uveal melanomas.
黑色素瘤是一种起源于黑素细胞的恶性肿瘤。葡萄膜黑色素瘤是成年人群中最常见的原发性眼部恶性肿瘤。本研究的目的是调查2001年1月至2015年11月在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那图兹拉大学临床中心眼部黑色素瘤的流行病学特征。
在这项回顾性研究中，我们使用了所有可用的医学文档来调查临床发现，包括年龄、性别、肿瘤大小、组织病理学特征以及眼部黑色素瘤的确切解剖学起源。
在本研究的14年期间，病理科有32例经显微镜确诊的眼部黑色素瘤患者。所有恶性黑色素瘤均起源于葡萄膜。
为了早期发现该疾病，定期检查是必要的，尤其是在老年人群中。由于我们地区关于眼及眼附属器恶性肿瘤流行病学的报告数量有限，因此这是一项非常重要的研究。我们得出结论，这是波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那第一项记录葡萄膜黑色素瘤数量的研究。
