Extremely rapid growth of a primary choroidal melanoma.
A small, minimally elevated, nonpigmented choroidal tumor increased in volume 12-fold and grew from the edge of the fovea to the optic disk within 60 days. Histopathology of the enucleated globe demonstrated a mixed spindle and epithelioid cell malignant melanoma with numerous mitotic figures. The calculated doubling time of this tumor was 17 days.
D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014463:Ultrasonography