title: Primary choroidal malignant melanoma occurring in a New Zealand Maori.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A case of a 28-year-old Maori with an aggressive primary choroidal malignant melanoma is presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Melanoma and particularly intra-ocular melanoma is very rare in pigmented races. This is the first reported case in the Maori.
authors.affiliation: Ocular Tumour Service, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand. MarkE@SMTPgate.CHHLTH.GOVT.NZ
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Elder
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dempster
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sabiston
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clemett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D009520:New Zealand / Q000208:ethnology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed