Choroidal melanoma and pregnancy

Choroidal Melanoma

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

Choroidal Melanoma

Bilateral primary choroidal melanoma.

A case of bilateral primary choroidal melanoma is described in a 51-year-old white male. Histological confirmation followed enucleation of the left eye and local excision in the right. A careful systemic evaluation failed to demonstrate any other primary or secondary melanomata. This case is the first bilateral primary choroidal melanoma reported in the United Kingdom and the first to be descri...

Choroidal melanoma growth patterns.

Thirty patients with choroidal melanoma in whom tumour thickness was found to increase on serial examination were retrospectively studied. Often when tumours started to increase in thickness, after a period of relative quiescence, the growth rate was relatively rapid. Increased tumour thickness was associated with increased tumour growth. During the phase of active tumour growth the height of t...