title: Mushroom-shaped choroidal hemangioma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Spraul
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fineberg
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Grossniklaus
mesh_terms: 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