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Case Reports
. 2009 May-Jun;57(3):223-5.
doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.49398.

Uveal melanoma presenting as cataract and staphyloma

Vikas Khetan  1 , Kshanada Gupta, E Ravindra Mohan, Lingam Gopal
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Case Reports

Uveal melanoma presenting as cataract and staphyloma

Vikas Khetan et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2009 May-Jun.

Abstract

Blind eyes can harbor a choroidal melanoma. We report a case of uveal melanoma presenting as staphyloma and complicated cataract in a 45-year-old female. The left eye was blind for six months. She underwent comprehensive ocular examination but fundus examination was precluded due to total cataract. The ultrasound of the eye showed a large mass filling the superior, nasal and inferonasal vitreous cavity with high surface reflectivity and low to moderate internal reflectivity. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed the diagnosis of choroidal melanoma. The patient underwent extended enucleation and histopathology was consistent with uveal melanoma.

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Clinical appearance of the right eye
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The magnetic resonance imaging findings
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The ultrasonographic findings
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The gross postoperative appearance of the enucleated eyeball
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Histopathological findings of the enucleated eyeball (H&E, ×20)
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Histopathological findings under high magnification (H&E, ×40)
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