title: Macular hole in a case of choroidal melanoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with intraocular tumors has been described in a small number of cases. We describe a patient with choroidal melanoma associated with a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and a macular hole.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 71-year-old man underwent enucleation for a bulky pigmented tumor overying the macula.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hystopathological examination revealed moderate cystoid macular edema with a full-thickness macular hole and a mixed-cell type choroidal melanoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The relationships between choroidal melanoma, macular hole and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Jules Gonin University Eye Clinic, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uffer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zografos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography