Uffer S, Zografos L
Jules Gonin University Eye Clinic, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Eur J Ophthalmol. 1997 Jan-Mar;7(1):115-8. doi: 10.1177/112067219700700121.
Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with intraocular tumors has been described in a small number of cases. We describe a patient with choroidal melanoma associated with a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and a macular hole.
A 71-year-old man underwent enucleation for a bulky pigmented tumor overying the macula.
Hystopathological examination revealed moderate cystoid macular edema with a full-thickness macular hole and a mixed-cell type choroidal melanoma.
The relationships between choroidal melanoma, macular hole and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment are discussed.