title: Benign fibrous tumor of the choroid.
abstract: A 32-year-old white woman presented with an amelanotic choroidal tumor in the left eye. Although a malignant melanoma could not be totally ruled out, some features suggested a benign tumor. The patient was followed up without treatment during a 2-year period. Neovascular glaucoma developed and the blind eye was enucleated. Histopathologic examination revealed a benign fibrous tumor of the choroid, presumably a fibrous histiocytoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Fundación Oftalmológica Argentina Jorge Malbran, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Croxatto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Alessandro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lombardi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015355:Glaucoma, Neovascular / Q000601:surgery; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014792:Visual Acuity