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Tumor Ocular Choroids Malignant Melanoma
Tumor ocular choroids malignant melanoma, malignant melanoma of the eye Ocular Melanoma
Definition:
Cancer is cancer that occurs in various parts of the eye.
Causes and risk factors:
Melanoma is a very aggressive form of cancer that can spread rapidly.
Melanoma of the eye can affect several parts of the body, such as:
* The choroid
* The cilia body
* Iris
The choroid layer is the most likely location of melanoma in the eye.
The cancer may only be in the eye or it may spread (metastasize) to another location in the body. Melanoma can also begin on the skin or other organs in the body and spread to the eye.
Melanoma is the type most common eye tumor in adults, yet the primary melanoma of the eye is rare.
A major risk factor is excessive exposure to sunlight. The occurrence of melanoma has greatly increased in recent decades, resulting most commonly affected people with blue eyes and fair skin.