A Case of Malignant Melanoma of the Choroid.

Lee, Tae Soo; Kong, Sang Mook; Sohn, Moo Shik

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1975;16(2):131-134.
Published online February 1, 1975.

A Case of Malignant Melanoma of the Choroid.

Tae Soo Lee, Sang Mook Kong, Moo Shik Sohn

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

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이태수 , 공상묵 , 손무식 ( Tae Soo Lee , Sang Mook Kong , Moo Shik Sohn )

Abstract

The authors have recently experienced a case of malignant melanoma of the choroid in a 34-year-old Korean house wife. The direct ophthalmoscopic finding was characterized by the presence of oval and round shaped, miliary to rice sized dark brown pigments in the surface of detached retina. Histopathologically the tumor cells were spindle B type. There were no extraocular extension and metaetasis. In addition to some clinical observations, a brief review of literature has been described.