Amelanotic Mushroom-Shaped 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

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choroidal melanomamushroom-shapedenucleation

Description

The enucleation specimen in (B) shows an amelanotic, mushroom-shaped, slightly hemorrhagic tumor near the optic nerve (arrow). The shape is due to infiltration of the retina by a rupture of the Bruch membrane. A retinal detachment artifact is present.

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