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Multifocal choroidal melanoma in oculodermal melanocytosis in an Asian Indian
A 51-year-old Asian Indian male with right oculodermal melanocytosis presented with a blurred visual acuity of 20/40. Upon fundus examination, he was discovered to have two independent pigmented choroidal melanomas in the temporal juxtapapillary region and inferiorly, in the region of trace clinical...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896527/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31755471 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1773_18 |
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author | Rao, Raksha Honavar, Santosh G Mulay, Kaustubh |
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description | A 51-year-old Asian Indian male with right oculodermal melanocytosis presented with a blurred visual acuity of 20/40. Upon fundus examination, he was discovered to have two independent pigmented choroidal melanomas in the temporal juxtapapillary region and inferiorly, in the region of trace clinical sectoral choroidal melanocytosis. The patient underwent enucleation, and on histopathology the two tumors were found to be in the area of choroidal melanocytosis, in continuity with each other. Multifocal choroidal melanoma is an exceedingly rare diagnosis. Ocular melanocytosis is a known predisposing factor for both unifocal and multifocal melanomas. Lifelong monitoring for uveal melanomas must be done in all patients with ocular melanocytosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-68965272020-01-09 Multifocal choroidal melanoma in oculodermal melanocytosis in an Asian Indian Rao, Raksha Honavar, Santosh G Mulay, Kaustubh Indian J Ophthalmol Case Reports A 51-year-old Asian Indian male with right oculodermal melanocytosis presented with a blurred visual acuity of 20/40. Upon fundus examination, he was discovered to have two independent pigmented choroidal melanomas in the temporal juxtapapillary region and inferiorly, in the region of trace clinical sectoral choroidal melanocytosis. The patient underwent enucleation, and on histopathology the two tumors were found to be in the area of choroidal melanocytosis, in continuity with each other. Multifocal choroidal melanoma is an exceedingly rare diagnosis. Ocular melanocytosis is a known predisposing factor for both unifocal and multifocal melanomas. Lifelong monitoring for uveal melanomas must be done in all patients with ocular melanocytosis. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-12 2019-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6896527/ /pubmed/31755471 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1773_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Rao, Raksha Honavar, Santosh G Mulay, Kaustubh Multifocal choroidal melanoma in oculodermal melanocytosis in an Asian Indian |
title | Multifocal choroidal melanoma in oculodermal melanocytosis in an Asian Indian |
title_full | Multifocal choroidal melanoma in oculodermal melanocytosis in an Asian Indian |
title_fullStr | Multifocal choroidal melanoma in oculodermal melanocytosis in an Asian Indian |
title_full_unstemmed | Multifocal choroidal melanoma in oculodermal melanocytosis in an Asian Indian |
title_short | Multifocal choroidal melanoma in oculodermal melanocytosis in an Asian Indian |
title_sort | multifocal choroidal melanoma in oculodermal melanocytosis in an asian indian |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896527/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31755471 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1773_18 |
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