Ultrasonography and computerized tomography in the diagnosis of unsuspected uveal melanoma with proptosis.
A man of 62 developed sudden proptosis of his blind right eye after a blow to the head. A posttraumatic carotico-cavernous fistula was diagnosed, but B-scan ultrasonography and computerized tomography showed a large choroidal malignant melanoma wit retrobulbar extension.
D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis; D002339:Carotid Arteries; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*