Drusen of the iris: in advanced malignant choroidal melanoma.
Drusen were found in the iris between the layers of the pigment epithelium and the dilator muscle in an eye of a 52 year old patient that contained a large malignant choroidal melanoma. The significance of this unusual observation in comparison to the common drusen of Bruch's membrane of the choroid is discussed.
D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006818:Hyalin; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology