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  • Title: Iris cyst simulating melanoma.
    Author: Gogos K, Tyradellis C, Spaulding AG, Kranias G.
    Journal: J AAPOS; 2004 Oct; 8(5):502-3. PubMed ID: 15492747.
    Abstract:
    Congenital cysts of the iris stroma are extremely uncommon and only a few cases have been reported. The vast majority of reported cases have been found in infants or children as a unilateral, translucent mass in the middle or peripheral third of the iris. 1-3 Although these cysts may remain dormant for years, they have a tendency to enlarge, causing corneal decompensation, secondary glaucoma, and eye pain. 2 Occasionally, they have been mistaken for iris melanomas leading to enucleation. 4,5 We describe a 14-year-old girl with a congenital cyst of the iris stroma, which over a period of 8 years enlarged, became opaque resembling melanoma, and required surgical excision.
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