Kersten R C, Tse D T, Anderson R
Surv Ophthalmol. 1985 May-Jun;29(6):423-33. doi: 10.1016/0039-6257(85)90207-3.
Although iris melanomas have an excellent prognosis when diagnosed and treated early, they should not be considered benign lesions. The authors report the orbital recurrence of a melanoma in a patient whose eye had been enucleated 30 years earlier because of an iris melanoma. The clinical, epidemiological and pathological characteristics of iris melanomas are summarized and compared to those of other uveal melanomas. The similarities suggest that iris melanomas are not by nature more benign than other uveal melanomas and that their better prognosis is due to the earlier detection allowed by their more obvious location.
尽管虹膜黑色素瘤在早期诊断和治疗时预后良好，但不应将其视为良性病变。作者报告了一例黑色素瘤眼眶复发的病例，该患者30年前因虹膜黑色素瘤已行眼球摘除术。本文总结了虹膜黑色素瘤的临床、流行病学和病理特征，并与其他葡萄膜黑色素瘤进行了比较。这些相似之处表明，虹膜黑色素瘤本质上并不比其他葡萄膜黑色素瘤更具良性，其较好的预后归因于其位置更为明显，从而能更早被发现。
