Bilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with unilateral choroidal melanoma.
A patient with bilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with a unilateral choroidal melanoma is presented. It appears that there is no causative relationship between these two findings in this case. The clinician should be advised that these two phenomena are not as rare as was once thought, and an index of suspicion should be maintained whenever one is evaluating a patient with retinal detachment.
D000368:Aged; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous