Choroid Melanoma

Preferred Label : Choroid Melanoma;

NCIt synonyms : Choroidal Melanoma; Malignant Melanoma of the Choroid; Choroid Malignant Melanoma; Malignant Melanoma of Choroid; Melanoma of the Choroid; Melanoma of Choroid;

NCIt definition : A uveal melanoma that arises from the choroid. It is the most common primary malignant intraocular tumor. It usually affects Caucasians of northern European descent. It usually remains asymptomatic for a long period. When signs and symptoms occur, they include blurred vision, visual field loss, floaters, and ocular pain. Tumor size is the most important factor that relates to prognosis.;

Neoplastic status : Malignant;

Details

Origin ID

C4561;

UMLS CUI

C0346388;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Malignant melanoma of choroid (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Uveal melanoma [ORDO Disease]
- malignant choroid melanoma [DO Concept]
- neoplasm of eye/adnexa [ICPC-2 Rubric]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Choroid melanoma [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Choroidal melanoma [HPO term]
- Melanoma of choroid [ICD-11 More detail]
- Melanoma of choroid [MedDRA LLT]
- choroid melanoma [Disease (Nov.)]
DO Cross reference
- malignant choroid melanoma [DO Concept]
Disease may have findings
- HMB-45-Positive Neoplastic Cells Present [NCIt concept]
- S-100-Positive Neoplastic Cells Present [NCIt concept]
Excludes anatomical site(s)
- Skin [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Choroid [NCIt concept]
- Eye [NCIt concept]
- Uvea [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Choroid melanoma [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Choroidal melanoma [HPO term]
- Malignant melanoma of choroid (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Melanoma of choroid [MedDRA LLT]
- choroid melanoma [Disease (Nov.)]
- malignant choroid melanoma [DO Concept]
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- Benign Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
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- Malignant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Melanoma Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Melanocyte [NCIt concept]
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- Malignant Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
disease_has_normal_cell_origin
- Melanocyte [NCIt concept]
disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- Choroid [NCIt concept]
- Eye [NCIt concept]
- Uvea [NCIt concept]
disease_mapped_to_gene
- BAP1 Gene [NCIt concept]
- GNA11 Gene [NCIt concept]
- GNAQ Gene [NCIt concept]
disease_may_have_molecular_abnormality
- BAP1 Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]
- CYSLTR2 Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]
- EIF1AX Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]
- GNA11 Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]
- GNAQ Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]
- PLCB4 Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]
- SF3B1 Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]

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