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Glioneuroma of ciliary body

MedGen UID:
1741758
•Concept ID:
C5420854
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Ciliary Body Glioneuroma
SNOMED CT: Glioneuroma of ciliary body (1196868007)

Definition

A congenital choristoma in the ciliary body. It consists of a mass of mature glial and neuronal cells without neoplastic potential in an otherwise healthy child; there is usually an adjacent coloboma of the anterior uvea and retina. (WHO 2018) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVGlioneuroma of ciliary body

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Glioneuroma associated with colobomatous dysplasia of the anterior uvea and retina. A case simulating medulloepithelioma.
Kivelä T, Kauniskangas L, Miettinen P, Tarkkanen A
Ophthalmology 1989 Dec;96(12):1799-808. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(89)32652-2. PMID: 2622623
Glioneuroma of iris and ciliary body.
Addison DJ, Font RL
Arch Ophthalmol 1984 Mar;102(3):419-21. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1984.01040030337032. PMID: 6703991

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