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0V2022 Introduction to eye diseases > Ocular tumour part 1 and 2 > Flashcards

Ocular tumour part 1 and 2 Flashcards

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What does the term tumour mean ?

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abnormal swelling

-any mass of tissue formed by new cells or swelling due to inflammation

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What does neoplasm mean?

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‘new growth’

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What is a neoplasm (real definition)?

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An abnormal tissue that grows by cellular proliferation more rapidly than normal and continues to grow after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease. Neoplasms show partial or complete lack of structural organization and [lack] functional coordination with the normal tissue”

-May be malignant or benign

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What does benign mean?

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lacks the ability to invade neighbouring tissue or metastasize
self limiting e.g mole
- does not spread

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What does malignant mean?

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  • Anaplasia (poor cellular differentiation, lack specialisation of mature cells),
  • Invasive with capacity for metastasis e.g. melanoma (invades local tissues and grows)
  • capacity to spread throughout the body
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What is the differential diagnosis on basis of a benign and malignant tumour ?

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Anaplasia
Rate of Growth
Local Invasion
Metastasis

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What does the term cancer refer to ?

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a malignant neoplasm

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How do we know tumours are malignant (cancerous) ?

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have the prefix ‘car’ at the start or middle

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What is melanosis ?

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a melanoma
which is increased melanin pigmentation
it is the most aggressive form of skin canceras it can:

Grow and spread rapidly
Can develop from normal looking skin, or in a mole
Can grow anywhere in the body - not just areas exposed to the sun
If treated early 95% of melanomas can be cured

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How can we detect between a benign and malignant melanoma?

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ABCDE
Asymmetry
Border
Colour
Diameter
Evolution
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What is a superficial spreading melanoma?

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Characterized by an irregular outline and variable pigmentation.
Often stays in situ for months/years and grows horizontally on skin surface.

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What is a Nodular melanoma ?

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A lump that has been rapidly enlarging

Malignant cells proliferate downwards (vertical growth).

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What is a Squamous Cell Papilloma?

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Common benign epithelial tumour (skin tag)

Narrow or broad based or pedunculated

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What is a basal cell carcinoma?

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Most common type of skin cancer - 75% 
Incidence 0.25% population/year – 3-4x higher in Australia
More prevalent in elderly
90% of BCC affect head and neck – 9% affect the eyelid.
90% of eye lid tumours are caused by BCC
Locally invasive
Slow growing 
Non metastasizing
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What do basal cell carcinoma appear as?

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Usually small, round or flattened spots that are red, pale or pearly in colour
Can bescaly like a patch of eczema
May look like an ulcer or sore that doesn’t heal

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What are the clinical features of BCC?
signs
features

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Signs:
Ulceration
Lack of tenderness
Induration – Hardening of normally soft tissue
Irregular borders
Destruction of lid margin architecture

Features/types
Nodular
Noduloulcerative
Sclerosing

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What does Nodular BCC look like?

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Shiny, firm, pearly nodule with small dilated blood vessels on its surface
Growth is slow and it may take the tumour 1–2 years to reach a diameter of 0.5 cm.

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What does Noduloulcerative BCC (rodent ulcer) look like?

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-Central ulceration with pearly rolled edges and dilated blood vessels at the edges (telangectasia).
With time it may erode a large portion of the eyelid.

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What does Sclerosing BCC look like?

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Infiltrates laterally beneath the epidermis as a hardened plaque
More extensive on palpation than inspection.
Could be mistaken for a localized area of chronic blepharitis

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What is Squamous Cell Carcinoma?

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Less common than BCC - 5-10% of eyelid tumours
More aggressive (20% metastasise)
Prefers lower lid
Increased risk if immunocompromised
More common in older people with fair complexion and history of chronic sun exposure

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What is the difference between BCC and SCC?

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It may resemble a BCC but:

  • Surface vascularization is usually absent.
  • Growth is more rapid
  • Hyperkeratosis is more often present (excess development of keratin)- IMPORTANT SIGN OF SCC
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What are the features of SCC?

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Nodular SCC
Ulcerating SCC
Cutaneous horn

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What does the Nodular SCC look like?

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Characterized by a hyperkeratotic nodule(nodule with excess keratin in it) which may develop crusting erosions and fissures

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What does the Ulcerating SCC look ike?

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  • Has a red base and sharply defined, indurated (hardened) and everted borders
  • has Pearl margins and telangiectasia are not usually present (unlike noduloulcerative BCC).
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What is Cutaneous horn ?

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Keratinic projection.

Cutaneous horns are associated with other benign and malignant conditions too. - not just SCC

26
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What is Kaposi Sarcoma?

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Rare cancer caused by human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8)
Mainly seen in immunosuppressed patients (especially HIV) – very fast progressing
Also seen in middle aged men of Mediterranean or Ashkenazi Jewish descent (v slow progressing)

27
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What is the treatment for EYE LID MALIGNANT TUMOURS ?

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Biopsy
Surgical Excision
Reconstruction
Radiotherapy
For melanoma and SCC general oncological examination and biopsy on lymph nodes in neck to check for metastases.
28
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What is Conjunctival naevus?

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  • Most common conjunctival melanocytic tumour
  • Benign
  • Risk of becoming malignant – 1%
  • Usually noticed in 1st or 2nd decade
29
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What are signs of Conjunctival naevus?

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Solitary, discrete moderately elevated pigmented or partially pigmented lesion
Most frequently near limbus
Mobile over the sclera
Grey brown or black in most cases

30
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What is the risk of a conjunctival nevus of becoming malignant increased
?

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  • Rapid growth or increase in pigmentation
  • Develop after 2nd decade
  • Prominent feeder vessel
31
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What is a conjunctival melanoma?

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rare
when occurred it is invasive of stroma and nerves
-spreads within the epithelium

32
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what is conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma ?

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Squamous cell carcinoma with overlying (white) keratinization in the nasal bulbar conjunctiva

33
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What is an iris nevus ?

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a benign tumour
Diameter <3-4mm; thickness <2mm
Minimal or no visible vascularity
Inferior location in most cases
The normal iris architecture is disrupted
There may be mild distortion of the pupil
A freckle is smaller and does not distort the iris architecture

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What does an iris freckle look like ?

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Flat, brown pigmentation on iris surface, with irregular, feathery edges and not distorting the normal architecture

35
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What are some signs of iris nevus ?

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can be elevated (show of blurry signs)

ectropion uvae- turning out of iris epithelium

36
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What is an iris melanocytoma ?

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another type of naevus
benign
Darkly pigmented nodular mass , mossy granular surface

37
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What is an iris melanoma?

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8% of uveal melanomas arise in iris
3x more common in blue/grey eyed people
Features
Pigmented or non pigmented nodule >3mm diameter and > 1mm thick
Usually surface blood vessels
Pupil distortion/ ectropion uveae
May infiltrate the angle and ciliary body
Can cause cataract and secondary glaucoma

38
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What are iris tumours treatment ?

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Sector iridectomy
Radiotherapy with radioactive plaque (brachytherapy)
External irradiation with proton beam

Enucleation for diffusely growing tumours

Check for metastases

39
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What is a choroidal nevus ?

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  • Present in 5-10% white Caucasians
  • Very rare in darker skinned individuals
  • If growth in adulthood then suspect malignancy
  • Usually asymptomatic unless at macula and then can cause distortion
40
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What are the signs of choroidal nevus ?

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Brown to slate grey
May contain surface drusen
Oval or circular
Indistinct margins
Diameter usually <3mm (2DD) wide and < 1mm thick
Depigmented halo is common
Secondary choroidal neovascularisation is rare

41
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What is choroidal melanoma prevalence?

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Most common intraocular malignancy in adults

80% of all uveal melanoma; peaks at 60yrs

42
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what are the signs of the choroidal melanoma ?

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Solitary elevated subretinal grey-brown or amelanotic (colourless) dome shaped mass
60% are within 3mm of the optic disc.
Can be larger than naevi (>2DD)
May have surface orange lipofuscin

43
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What are the symptoms of chorodial melanoma ?

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Blurred vision; Visual Field Loss

Floaters; Photopsia

44
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What can you see in a Amelanotic Melanoma?

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Colourless, dome shaped elevation, close to disc

45
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What does a Lipofuscin + Melanoma fundus image look like ?

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Elevated, >2DD, light grey, close to disc, orange lipofuscin present

46
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What does a Lipofuscin + Melanoma fundus image look like ?

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Elevated, >2DD, light grey, close to disc, orange lipofuscin present

47
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What can melanomas do to the retina?

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perforate the retina and through into the vitreous chamber

48
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What features are indicative of a choroidal melanoma ?

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Thickness greater than 2 mm, 		(To)
Fluid (subretinal)					(Find)
Symptoms, 						(Small)
Orange pigment (lipofuscin) 		(Ocular)
Margin near disc 					(Melanoma)
Ultrasonographic hollowness 		(Using)
Halo absence 					(Hints)
Drusen absence
49
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How do we investigate these lesions ?

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Photograph- colour fundus photograph
OCT – useful to measure lesion thickness
Fundus autofluorescence (lipofuscin pigment fluoresces)
Ultrasound
Baseline photography – reviewed regularly for signs of change, growth

50
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What are some treatment for the choroidal melanoma ?

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Brachytherapy (episcleral plaque radiotherapy) Plaque is sutured to sclera for several days
Charged particle therapy High energy charged protons ionising radiation to tumour. Used for smaller tumours
Trans Pupillary Thermotherapy (TTT) IR laser to heat tumour – death by hyperthermia
Cryotherapy – has been used in past but not widely used now
Enucleation Effective and indicated if tumour invades optic nerve

51
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What are metastatic tumours ?

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Choroid is the most common site for uveal metastases
Common primary sites are breast and bronchus
Features
Fast growing yellow-ish lesion
Multifocal and bilateral
Large size

52
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What is a benign tumour of the RPE ?

A

Congenital Hypertrophy of RPE (CHRPE)

-THEY ARE Asymptomatic

53
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What are the signs of CHRPE ?

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Solitary – dark grey or black lesion with well defined margins
Multifocal - smaller lesions – “bear-track”
Atypical CHRPE – multiple lesions of variable size with hypopigmented margins (associated with gastrointestinal malignancy/colon cancer)

0V2022 Introduction to eye diseases (22 decks)

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