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  2. Enucleation of the eye - Wikipedia

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    Enucleation is the removal of the eye that leaves the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact. This type of ocular surgery is indicated for a number of ocular tumors , in eyes that have sustained severe trauma, and in eyes that are otherwise blind and painful.

  3. Uveal melanoma - Wikipedia

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    Uveal melanoma is a type of eye cancer in the uvea of the eye. [4] It is traditionally classed as originating in the iris, choroid, and ciliary body, but can also be divided into class I (low metastatic risk) and class II (high metastatic risk). [4] Symptoms include blurred vision, loss of vision, and photopsia, but there may be no symptoms. [5]

  4. Enucleation (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    1 Removal of the eye. 2 Removal of oral cysts and tumors. 3 Removal of uterine ... enucleation refers to the surgical removal of a mass without cutting into or ...

  5. Arkansas Toddler Has Eye Removed from Rare Retinal Cancer ...

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    A toddler was diagnosed with retinal cancer and had to have her eye removed after the only symptom the little girl experienced was swelling around her eye.. Arkansas father Josh Morss said he ...

  6. Ciliary body melanoma - Wikipedia

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    Enucleation (surgical removal of the eye) is the treatment of choice for large ciliary body melanomas. Small or medium sized tumors may be treated by an iridocyclectomy. Radiotherapy may be appropriate in selected cases.

  7. My Rare Cancer Has Recurred 3 Times in 3 Years. At Age 22, I ...

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    At just 19 years old, Eldiara Doucette — known on social media as "Bionic Barbie" — was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, a rare form of soft tissue cancer that affects only 1,000 people per ...

  8. Phantom eye syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Enucleation of an eye and, similarly, retinal damage, leads to a cascade of events in the cortical areas receiving visual input. Cortical GABAergic (GABA: Gamma-aminobutyric acid ) inhibition decreases, and cortical glutamatergic excitation increases, followed by increased visual excitability or even spontaneous activity in the visual cortex ...

  9. Enucleation - Wikipedia

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    Enucleation (surgery), the removal of a mass without cutting into or dissecting it Enucleation of the eye, removal of the eye that leaves the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact Self-enucleation, self-inflicted removal of the eye; Enucleation (microbiology), removing the nucleus of a cell and replacing it with a different nucleus