title: BILATERAL ISOLATED CHOROIDAL MELANOCYTOSIS.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a very rare case of bilateral isolated choroidal melanocystosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical case report and literature review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 24-year-old asymptomatic African American woman presented with bilateral diffuse choroidal pigmentation. The diagnosis of bilateral isolated choroidal melanocytosis was made, and optical coherence tomography was remarkable for increased choroidal thickness with a normal inner and outer retina.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although extremely rare, bilateral isolated choroidal melanocytosis may occur in young patients, as well as in those who are African American. Longer follow-up of this case and those in the literature will elucidate whether these choroidal lesions enlarge or have a risk of developing uveal melanoma.
authors.affiliation: *Retina Consultants of Alabama, Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama; and †Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Lauren B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: John O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Mason
mesh_terms: D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology*; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult; D000098943:Uveal Melanoma