Amelanotic Choroidal Melanoma

• By McGill University Health Centre
  The MUHC-McGill University
  Co-author(s): Sabrina Bergeron, P. Zoroquiain, E. Esposito, S. Corredor Casas, P. Logan, A. N. Odashiro, Miguel N. Burnier, Paulina García de Alba Graue, McGill University Health Center-McGill University Ocular Pathology & Translational Research Laboratory
• Uploaded on May 18, 2020.
• Last modified by Caroline Bozell on May 19, 2020.

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Choroidal Melanoma

Condition/keywords

mushroom-shaped, enucleation, amelanotic melanoma

Description

The enucleation image shows a large amelanotic tumor with large areas of hemorrhage and necrosis. Note the several dilated blood vessels and an adjacent retinal detachment with lipofuscin pigment on its surface (arrow).

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