Choroidal melanoma with secondary glaucoma.
The case of a 40-year-old female patient with choroidal melanoma with secondary glaucoma presenting as a painful blind right eye is reported. Liver metastasis was detected by ultrasonography. The choroidal tumor measured 2 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm; histopathology showed that it was of the spindle cell (spindle A) variety. Such tumors are rare in non-white races and secondary glaucoma is an uncommon presentation.
Thakur
Sanjay Kumar Daulat
SK
Department of Ophthalmology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. skdthakur@yahoo.com
Sah
Shatrughan Prasad
SP
Kaini
Khem Raj
KR
D000328:Adult; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009390:Nepal; D014463:Ultrasonography