Bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation simulating an arteriovenous fistula.
Bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome that causes visual loss in patients with systemic carcinoma. We report the case of a patient with this syndrome whose initial presentation and striking anterior segment findings mimicked that of an arteriovenous fistula.
Murphy
M A
MA
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110-1093, USA.
Hart
W M
WM
Olk
R J
RJ
D000368:Aged; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000473:pathology*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002455:Cell Division; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*