Corneal autofluorescence in choroidal melanoma or in choroidal naevus

Corneal autofluorescence in choroidal melanoma or in choroidal naevus.

AIMS To investigate whether corneal autofluorescence is different in patients with choroidal melanoma or choroidal naevus. METHODS Corneal autofluorescence was determined by fluorophotometry in both eyes of 32 patients with a unilateral choroidal melanoma, 32 patients with a unilateral choroidal naevus, and 32 age matched healthy controls. The corneal autofluorescence ratio between affected a...

Choroidal Melanoma

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

Choroidal Melanoma

Bilateral naevus of Ota with choroidal melanoma and diffuse retinal pigmentation in a dark skinned person

Naevus of Ota (naevus fusculocoeruleus ophthalmomaxillaris) was described by the Japanese dermatologist, Ota, in 1939 as a dermal melanocytic hamartoma that presents as bluish hyperpigmentation along the ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular branches of the trigeminal nerve. It is bilateral in less than 5% cases, occurring frequently in Orientals (0.2%–1%) and darker races and rarely in white p...