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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D., Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]

Overview

Uveal melanoma may be classified according to cell type into 5 subtypes: Spindle A, spindle B, epitheliolid, mixed, and necrotic. Uveal melanoma may also be classified according to its location into 2 types, anterior uveal melanoma which contain iris melanoma, and posterior uveal melanoma which contains ciliary body melanoma and chroidal melanoma.

Classification

Uveal melanoma may be classified according to cell type into 5 subtypes: Spindle A, spindle B, epitheliolid, mixed, and necrotic.[1]

Cell type Explanation
Spindle A
Spindle B
  • Commen
Epithelioid
Mixed
Necrotic
  • uncommon

Uveal melanoma may also be classified according to its location into 2 types:

source: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.

References

  1. McLean, Ian W.; Foster, Walter D.; Zimmerman, Lorenz E.; Gamel, John W. (1983). "Modifications of Callender's Classification of Uveal Melanoma at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology". American Journal of Ophthalmology. 96 (4): 502–509. doi:10.1016/S0002-9394(14)77914-0. ISSN 0002-9394.

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