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Query: UMLS:C0086543 (
cataract
)
29,165
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
An elevated, pigmented lesion of the peripheral iris developed in a 73-year-old woman. The lesion was believed to be a malignant melanoma and was excised at the time of routine
cataract
extraction. Pathologic examination disclosed a
Fuchs' adenoma
. These lesions are common in the elderly and are almost invariably clinically silent. This case, however, demonstrates that under rare circumstances a
Fuchs' adenoma
may induce cataractous changes or produce clinical findings that can mimic an iris melanoma.
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PMID:Fuchs' adenoma affecting the peripheral iris. 684 68
