Choroidal melanoma with pigment dispersion in vitreous and melanomalytic glaucoma
Autor: | Aida De La Cruz, William S. Hagler, W. Richard Green, Fadi El Baba |
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Rok vydání: | 1988 |
Předmět: |
Choroidal melanoma
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Eye disease Enucleation Glaucoma Necrosis Ophthalmology Medicine Humans Melanoma Pigment dispersion Melanins business.industry Choroid Neoplasms medicine.disease eye diseases Vitreous Body medicine.anatomical_structure sense organs Choroid Melanocytoma business |
Zdroj: | Ophthalmology. 95(3) |
ISSN: | 0161-6420 |
Popis: | A 39-year-old black man underwent enucleation of the left eye because of poor vision, ocular pain, and intractable glaucoma secondary to a choroidal tumor. Two diagnostic vitrectomies, performed 11 and 7 months before enucleation, had failed to disclose the proper diagnosis. Histologic diagnosis was necrotic malignant melanoma of the choroid with melanocytoma cells, extensive pigment dispersion throughout the eye, and melanomalytic glaucoma. Possible mechanisms of tumor necrosis are reviewed. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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