title: Malignancy in the blind painful eye--report of two cases and literature review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few cases of malignant tumors arising in a blind painful eye have previously been described. We described two cases of a blind painful eye containing an unsuspected tumor, which were enucleated to relieve the pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case 1: A 57 year-old Caucasian man presented with recurrent orbital cellulitis and endophthalmitis in the left eye (OS). The OS was blind and painful and an enucleation was performed showing a uveal melanoma by histopathological exam. Case 2: A 54 year-old Caucasian man with previous history of a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in his left eye presented a blind painful eye. Enucleation was performed revealing a well-differentiated B-cell lymphoma of uveal tract with extra ocular extension.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the management of a blind painful eye, it is extremely important to rule out an intraocular malignancy particularly in those patients who have not been followed by an ophthalmologist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. patriciarusa@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Patrícia Rusa
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Alexandre Nakao
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Odashiro
authors.forename: João Pessoa
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Souza Filho
authors.forename: Vinicius S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Saraiva
authors.forename: David Gerardo
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Camoriano
authors.forename: Miguel N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Burnier