J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1986 Aug;27(4):667-673.

A Case of Unsuspected Malignant Melanoma of the Choroid

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  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Han Gang Sung Shim Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea.

Abstract

A 36-year-old female patient had suffered from left sided decreasing visual acuity, ocular pain and headache since 6 months before admission. We performed enucleation of the left eyeball under the clinical diagnosis of the secondary glaucoma and obtained the histopathological diagnosis of malignant melanoma of the choroid(epitheloid type).


MeSH Terms

Adult
Choroid*
Diagnosis
Female
Glaucoma
Headache
Humans
Melanoma*
Visual Acuity
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