Abstract | PURPOSE: To describe a case of uveal melanoma in the peripheral choroid masquerading as chronic uveitis and to raise awareness about malignant masquerade syndromes. CASE REPORT: A 36-year-old Chinese woman presented from an outside ophthalmologist with a 6-month history of unilateral chronic uveitis unresponsive to medical therapy in the left eye. She was found to have a uveal melanoma in the retinal periphery and underwent successful enucleation of her left eye. The histopathological diagnosis confirmed the clinical diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Lei Feng, Jiang Zhu, Tao Gao, Baizhou Li, Yabo Yang |
Journal | Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry
(Optom Vis Sci)
Vol. 91
Issue 9
Pg. e222-5
(Sep 2014)
ISSN: 1538-9235 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 25036546
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Choroid Neoplasms
(diagnosis, surgery)
- Chronic Disease
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Eye Enucleation
- Female
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Melanoma
(diagnosis, surgery)
- Microscopy, Acoustic
- Uveitis, Posterior
(diagnosis, surgery)
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