Description of the disease * EnglishPolish Pobierz sekcję do PDF Definition Uveal melanoma is a rare tumor of the eye, arising from the choroid in 90% of cases and from the iris and ciliary body in the other 10% of cases, which clinically presents with visual symptoms (including blurred vision, photopsia, floaters, and visual field reduction), a visible mass and pain. Fatal metastatic disease is seen in about half of all patients, with the liver being the most frequent site of metastasis. Disease data Classification Disease Synonyms Choroidal melanoma Czerniak błony naczyniowej Czerniak tęczówki Iris melanoma ORPHA code 39044 OMIM code 606661 ICD10 code C69.3 ICD11 code - *Soruce Extended description of the disease Pobierz sekcję do PDF No additional description. Orphanet - interntowa baza danych dotyczących rzadkich chorób i sierochych leków. ©INSERM 1999 - Dostępna na stronie www.orphanet.pl