Retinal Vascular Occlusion With Overlying Vitreous Hemorrhage Masquerading as a Tumor

Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults. A collar button-shaped lesion is most often a melanoma, particularly when it has low internal reflectively and moderate vascularity on ultrasonography. Apte et al describe a patient who had a choroidal mass with these featur...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of ophthalmology (1960) 2005-02, Vol.123 (2), p.272-274
Hauptverfasser: Apte, Rajendra S, Schachat, Andrew P, DiBernardo, Cathy, Handa, James T
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Zusammenfassung:Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults. A collar button-shaped lesion is most often a melanoma, particularly when it has low internal reflectively and moderate vascularity on ultrasonography. Apte et al describe a patient who had a choroidal mass with these features, which was identified as a fibrous membrane and blood clot with a branch retinal vein occlusion.
ISSN:0003-9950
2168-6165
1538-3601
2168-6173
DOI:10.1001/archopht.123.2.272