Spontaneous calcification of a choroidal melanoma

Spontaneous Necrosis of Choroidal Melanoma.

BACKGROUND/AIMS The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical presentations and pathological features of spontaneously necrotic choroidal melanomas. METHODS The clinical and histological features of patients who underwent enucleation for uveal melanoma from 1989 to 2012 at Emory University and were found to have spontaneously necrotic choroidal melanomas were retrospectively analyzed....

Choroidal Melanoma

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

Choroidal Melanoma

A case of choroidal melanocytoma mimicking a choroidal melanoma.

A 17-year-old young girl was seen by us with complaints of progressive, painless decreasing vision in one eye for the last 4 years. No other supporting history could be elucidated. On examination, a large choroidal mass was found. Since the features were suggestive of malignant melanoma of the choroid, an enucleation of the eye was performed. Subsequently, histopathological examination of the e...