title: [Diagnostic Approaches to Suspected Choroidal Melanoma].
abstract: Whenever funduscopy reveals possible choroidal melanoma, all available information must be gathered to either confirm or exclude the diagnosis. Well-defined funduscopic criteria are available, which can already lead to a high degree of diagnostic certainty. Additional technical examinations can be used to exclude possible differential diagnoses. In cases where no clear diagnosis can be established, it is possible to take a biopsy or to watch and wait in order to observe possible growth. Whenever the diagnosis of a choroidal melanoma is established, cancer staging has to be performed in order to search for possible metastases.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinik Leipzig.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Girbardt
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinik Leipzig.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rehak
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinik Leipzig.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wiedemann
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging