Intracerebral metastases from ocular melanoma.
A blind painful eye may harbour an unsuspected malignant melanoma. We report a case of ocular melanoma that presented with confusion owing to direct extension via the optic nerve into the anterior cranial fossa.
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Department of Medicine, St Thomas's Hospital, London.
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D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed