Global research team develops diagnostic model for iris melanoma
Source: Ophthalmology Times Europe, November 2024
Investigators from Bergen, Norway, and Cleveland, Ohio, collaborated on the predictive model
Arun Singh, MD, and colleagues developed a model that provides direct diagnostic prediction of a lesion being iris melanoma.1 He is Director of the Department of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Hospital, Cleveland.
The investigators conducted a retrospective consecutive case series that included 100 cases of pathologically confirmed iris melanoma and 112 cases of iris naevus, with either pathological confirmation or documented stability exceeding 1 year.