Cystoid macular edema with equatorial choroidal melanoma.
Symptoms and signs related to cystoid macular edema were the initial findings in a patient with a choroidal malignant melanoma located in the equatorial region of the globe. Histopathologic findings included retinal perivasculitis and cystoid macular edema. There was no evidence of a serous detachment of the macula. Patients with cystoid macular edema should be carefully examined for tumors or other pathological findings in the peripheral fundus.
D000328:Adult; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology