title: Occurrence of uveal melanoma in contact with a chorioretinal cryocoagulation scar.
abstract: A case of a uveal melanoma arising in an eye previously treated with cryocoagulation for a horseshoe retinal tear is described. In the anterior border of the tumor, a notch, clearly fitting the curve of the chorioretinal scar was observed. Possible mechanisms which may be responsible for the local arrest of the tumor extension are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Clinique ophtalmologique universitaire de Lausanne, Suisse.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zografos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications*; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000601:surgery*; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy