Node way out.
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.
Vaphiades
M S
MS
Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Brown
H
H
Whitcup
S M
SM
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
D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm