Mushroom-shaped choroidal hemangioma.
OBJECTIVE
We examined the clinicopathologic features of a mushroom-shaped choroidal tumor that originated in the right eye of a 13-year-old girl.


METHODS
The clinical, ultrasonographic, and histopathologic features of the enucleated eye were studied.


RESULTS
On clinical examination, the choroidal tumor appeared mushroom-shaped with ultrasonic characteristics of high internal reflectivity and choroidal excavation. The enucleation specimen contained a cavernous hemangioma that extended through Bruch's membrane.


CONCLUSIONS
Choroidal hemangioma may extend through Bruch's membrane and be mushroom shaped.
Spraul
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Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Kim
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Fineberg
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Grossniklaus
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D000293:Adolescent; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography