Intratumoral blood pools and prognosis of malignant uveal melanoma treated with enucleation

: In a retrospective study about 59 globes enucleated because of a malignant melanoma, the presence of intratumoral blood lakes was recognized 18 times (30.5%). The construction of survival curves demonstrated this indicator to be statistically significant towards the prognosis. The other significant parameters were the cell type, the mitotic activity, the state of the sclera and the tumor volume. The relationships between these different factors were studied.