Melanocytoma of the Optic Nerve

• By Hector Gabriel Moreno Solano, MD, MHA
  Eye Cancer Institute
  Co-author(s): Miguel Vazquez-Membrillo, Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmología
• Uploaded on Apr 6, 2024.
• Last modified by Hector Gabriel Moreno Solano, MD, MHA on Apr 9, 2024.

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Intraocular tumor

Condition/keywords

optic nerve, intraocular tumor, melanocytoma, diabetic retinopathy

Photographer

Héctor Gabriel Moreno-Solano

Imaging device

Fundus camera
Clarus 700

Description

Fundus photograph of a 57-year-old male presented for an ophthalmological evaluation with a chief complaint of progressive visual loss. Indirect ophthalmoscopy revealed proliferative diabetic retinopathy, without macular edema, and a hyperpigmented lesion at the optic disc which corresponds to a melanocytoma.

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