Topographical distribution of choroidal naevi in the ocular fundus

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1685-1690

  Krohn, J ^a,b   Froystein T ^b   Dahl, O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Choroidal naevus; Distribution; Imaging; Location; Topography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOROID NEVUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EYE DISEASE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049118359     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.350     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Hale PN, Allen RA, Straatsma BR. Benign melanomas (nevi) of the choroid and ciliary body. Arch Ophthalmol 1965; 74: 532-538.
2. Naumann G. Pigmentierte Naevi der Aderhaut und des Glaskörpers. Adv Ophthalmol 1970; 23: 187-272.
3. Smith RS, Ganley JP. Ophthalmic survey of a community. 1. Abnormalities of the ocular fundus. Am J Ophthalmol 1972; 74: 1126-1130.
4. Sumich P, Mitchell P, Wang JJ. Choroidal nevi in a white population. The Blue Mountains Eye Study. Arch Ophthalmol 1998; 116: 645-650.
5. Naumann G, Hellner K, Naumann LR. Pigmented nevi of the choroid. Clinical study of secondary changes in the overlying tissues. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol 1971; 75: 110-123.
6. Gonder JR, Augsburger JJ, McCarthy EF, Shields JA. Visual loss associated with choroidal nevi. Ophthalmology 1982; 89: 961-965.
7. Rennie IG. Things that go bump in the light. The differential diagnosis of posterior uveal melanomas. Eye 2002; 16: 325-346.
8. Kaiserman I, Kaiserman N, Pe'er J. Long term ultrasonic follow up of choroidal naevi and their transformation to melanomas. Br J Ophthalmol 2006; 90: 994-998. (Pubitemid 44140180)
9. Singh AD, Mokashi AA, Bena JF, Jacques R, Rundle PA, Rennie IG. Small choroidal melanocytic lesions. Features predictive of growth. Ophthalmology 2006; 113: 1032-1039.
10. Straatsma BR, Landers MB, Kreiger AE, Apt L. Topography of the adult human retina. UCLA Forum Med Sci 1969; 8: 379-410.
11. Jonas JB, Gusek GC, Naumann GO. Optic disc, cup and neuroretinal rim size, configuration and correlations in normal eyes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1988; 29: 1151-1158.
12. Li W, Judge H, Gragoudas ES, Seddon JM, Egan KM. Patterns of tumor initiation in choroidal melanoma. Cancer Res 2000; 60: 3757-3760. (Pubitemid 32204565)
13. Mosier MA. Retinal cartography. Can J Ophthalmol 1982; 17: 219-222.
14. Borodkin MJ, Thompson JT. Retinal cartography. An analysis of two-dimentional and three-dimentional mapping of the retina. Retina 1992; 12: 273-280.
15. Brown GC, Shields JA, Augsburger JJ. Amelanotic choroidal nevi. Ophthalmology 1981; 88: 1116-1121.
16. Shields CL, Furuta M, Mashayekhi A, Berman EL, Zahler JD, Hoberman DM et al. Clinical spectrum of choroidal nevi based on age at presentation in 3422 consecutive eyes. Ophthalmology 2008; 115: 546-552.
17. Shields CL, Mashayekhi A, Materin MA, Luo CK, Marr BP, Demirci H et al. Optical coherence tomography of choroidal nevus in 120 patients. Retina 2005; 25: 243-252. (Pubitemid 40517352)
18. Shah CP, Weis E, Lajous M, Shields JA, Shields CL. Intermittent and chronic ultraviolet light exposure and uveal melanoma. A meta-analysis. Ophthalmology 2005; 112: 1599-1607. (Pubitemid 41725419)
19. Singh AD, Rennie IG, Seregard S, Giblin M, McKenzie J. Sunlight exposure and pathogenesis of uveal melanoma. Surv Ophthalmol 2004; 49: 419-428. (Pubitemid 38844800)
20. Elwood JM, Jopson J. Melanoma and sun exposure: an overview of published studies. Int J Cancer 1997; 73: 198-203. (Pubitemid 27448818)
21. Harrison SL, MacLennan R, Speare R, Wronski I. Sun exposure and melanocytic naevi in young Australian children. Lancet 1994; 344: 1529-1532. (Pubitemid 24357709)
22. Dodd AT, Morelli J, Mokrohisky ST, Asdigian N, Byers TE, Crane LA. Melanocytic nevi and sun exposure in a cohort of Colorado children: anatomic distribution and site-specific sunburn. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16: 2136-2143. (Pubitemid 47621191)
23. Shields CL, Furuta M, Mashayekhi A, Berman EL, Zahler JD, Hoberman DM et al. Visual acuity in 3422 consecutive eyes with choroidal nevus. Arch Ophthalmol 2007; 125: 1501-1507. (Pubitemid 350106682)
24. Green A. A theory of site distribution of melanomas: Queensland, Australia. Cancer Causes Control 1992; 3: 513-516.
25. Harrison SL, Buettner PG, MacLennan R. Body-site distribution of melanocytic nevi in young Australian children. Arch Dermatol 1999; 135: 47-52.
26. Whiteman DC, Brown RM, Purdie DM, Hughes M-C. Prevalence and anatomical distribution of naevi in young Queensland children. Int J Cancer 2003; 106: 930-933.
27. Krohn J, Frøystein T, Dahl O. Posterior uveal melanoma. Distribution of the sites of origin and patterns of tumour extent in the ocular fundus. Br J Ophthalmol 2008; 92: 751-756. (Pubitemid 351839562)
28. Shields CL, Shields JA, Kiratli H, De Potter P, Cater JR. Risk factors for growth and metastasis of small choroidal melanocytic lesions. Ophthalmology 1995; 102: 1351-1361.
29. Singh AD, Kalyani P, Topham A. Estimating the risk of malignant transformation of a choroidal nevus. Ophthalmology 2005; 112: 1784-1789. (Pubitemid 41400016)
30. Thiagalingam S, Wang JJ, Mitchell P. Absence of change in choroidal nevi across 5 years in an older population. Arch Ophthalmol 2004; 122: 89-93. (Pubitemid 38063611)