title: [Choroidal melanoma and maculopathy].
abstract: Distant macular changes were revealed in 21 of 28 patients with intraocular melanoma. In 13 eyes maculopathy was very distant from choroidal melanoma (CM), in 4 cases the tumor was located preequatorially and in 9 patients in the posterior fundus beyond the macular zone. In 8 patients bilateral AMD was found along with CM. Revealed changes are considered to be tumor-associated sign of progressing CM. Association of AMD and CM should be considered as a combination of two distinct conditions, when CM disturbs hematoretinal barrier and thus leads to AMD progression.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Brovkina
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Zargarian
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Tyrkina
authors.forename: E Iu
authors.initials: EIu
authors.lastname: Shut'ko
mesh_terms: D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged