Band keratopathy secondary to an iris melanoma.
A 27-year-old white man presented with a sectoral band keratopathy overlying an iris melanoma. Clinically, it appeared as a 3 x 3-mm yellowish-white, granular subepithelial deposit in the inferonasal right cornea. Occasional small, round holes were scattered within the opacity. Clinical presentation of this lesion is described, and this unusual cause of band keratopathy is discussed.
Shah
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Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
Shields
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Shields
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Di Marco
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D000328:Adult; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015811:Iris Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000150:complications; D014792:Visual Acuity