A 52-year-old woman presented with complaints of blurred central vision in her left eye for 9 days and was referred to the New England Eye Center for evaluation. She denied visual floaters or flashes.

Given the significant personal and family history of malignancy, it is also important to consider a metastatic lesion. Other less likely diagnoses included melanocytoma, benign choroidal nevus ...

When a choroidal melanoma is associated with severe secondary glaucoma precipitated by several tumor-related factors, or with invasion of the optic nerve, enucleation of the eye was formerly done.

A melanoma is a tumor which arises from these cells. Melanomas of the eye may be anterior (of the iris) or posterior (of the choroid or ciliary body). Most of these are choroidal melanomas ...

phases of the fluorescein angiogram in a patient with subfoveal classic choroidal neovascularization. Following one session of photodynamic therapy (top, right and bottom, left) the lesion ...

Multifocal choroiditis (MFC) is characterized by small multiple yellowish choroidal lesions of the posterior pole, and it may be associated with pan-uveitis. MFC is often bilateral, and ...

People with choroidal or ciliary body melanoma often don't have symptoms. Your eye doctor might find the cancer during a routine eye exam. As a tumor grows, it can cause floating black spots ...

Choroidal melanoma is a rare and aggressive type of eye cancer. Choroidal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular tumor in adults and develops in the uveal tract of the eye. No targeted ...

However, the outlook for a person with choroidal melanoma can depend on various factors, such as: the person’s age whether the cancer has spread the size of the tumor The liver is the most ...