title: Uveal melanoma presenting as cataract and staphyloma.
abstract: Blind eyes can harbor a choroidal melanoma. We report a case of uveal melanoma presenting as staphyloma and complicated cataract in a 45-year-old female. The left eye was blind for six months. She underwent comprehensive ocular examination but fundus examination was precluded due to total cataract. The ultrasound of the eye showed a large mass filling the superior, nasal and inferonasal vitreous cavity with high surface reflectivity and low to moderate internal reflectivity. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed the diagnosis of choroidal melanoma. The patient underwent extended enucleation and histopathology was consistent with uveal melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vitreoretina and Ocular Oncology, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India. drkhetan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khetan
authors.forename: Kshanada
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: E Ravindra
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: Lingam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gopal
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D002386:Cataract / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*