PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled Nonsurgical treatment of an incompletely excised primary adenocarcinoma of nonpigmented ciliary epithelium (Tumori. 2007 Sep-Oct;93(5):514-7.). Authors are Lee SW Park SH Kim IH et al. Primary adenocarcinoma of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium (NPCE) is a very rare disease and the majority of acquired cases were treated by enucleation. We report the case of a 19-year-old man who had an adenocarcinoma arising from the NPCE. The tumor was found incidentally due to changed pupil shape. Because of the positive resection margin and to save the eye, radiotherapy rather than enucleation was performed, followed by chemotherapy. Two years after the diagnosis, the patient continues to be followed up without evidence of relapse or cataract change. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.
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