Necrotic choroidal melanoma masquerading as scleritis

We report a case of a patient who presented with symptoms of acute onset scleritis in the left eye but was found to have an underlying necrotic choroidal melanoma. Asymptomatic choroidal melanoma can undergo spontaneous necrosis and manifest as severe scleritis and should be considered as an importa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Putri, Christine A, Salvi, Sachin M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7690531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32823448
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_271_20
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Sumario:We report a case of a patient who presented with symptoms of acute onset scleritis in the left eye but was found to have an underlying necrotic choroidal melanoma. Asymptomatic choroidal melanoma can undergo spontaneous necrosis and manifest as severe scleritis and should be considered as an important differential.

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