Case Report

Biopsy with the New Essen Biopsy Forceps

Figure 1

(a) Fundoscopy of the right eye showing a complete retinal detachment and a tumoral mass temporal-inferior-nasal. (b) Ultrasound of the right eye showing a 17 15 10.5 mm measuring tumoral mass with a positive kappa angle. (c) Biopsy of the right eye, using the Essen biopsy forceps. The specimen obtained measures 2 1 mm, and histopathological section shows a fragment of collagenous connective tissue permeated by melanophages and, separate from this, a loose grouping of atypical, polymorphic cells with acidophilic cytoplasm and large, irregular and hyperchromatic nuclei. (d) The histopathology of enucleation showing a 17 15 mm spindle cell choroid melanoma (pG1) with areas of ischemic necrosis.
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