Choroidal neovascularization associated with malignant melanoma: a case report.
Subretinal neovascularization observed over an elevated, pigmented choroidal lesion is usually considered evidence in favour of the benign nature of that lesion, a nevus. Histologic verification of malignant melanoma with choroidal neovascularization has never appeared in the literature. In this report, we present a case of subretinal neovascularization documented by fundus photography, fluorescein angiography, and histology in an eye containing a malignant choroidal melanoma.
D000328:Adult; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications