title: Node way out.
abstract: A 47-year-old woman without a history of melanoma experienced visual hallucinations, abnormal visual field, and an ERG suggestive of melanoma-associated retinopathy (MAR). A lymph node biopsy showed malignant melanoma. Appropriate evaluation, management, and treatment of MAR is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Vaphiades
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Whitcup
mesh_terms: D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004596:Electroretinography; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009755:Night Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields
chemical_list: D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm