TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral Metastatic Choroidal Melanoma, Nevi, and Cavernous Degeneration
T2 - Involvement of the Optic Nervehead
AU - Albert, Daniel M.
AU - Gaasterland, Douglas E.
AU - Caldwell, John B.H.
AU - Howard, Rufus O.
AU - Zimmerman, Lorenz E.
PY - 1972/1
Y1 - 1972/1
N2 - A 26-year-old white man developed multiple, bilateral, choroidal metastases 11 months after the removal of a cutaneous malignant melanoma. Six weeks later he died. Histopathologic examination of the eyes confirmed the presence of choroidal metastases and revealed a nevus-like configuration at the base of the metastatic lesions. The nerve heads showed cavernous changes identical to those described in early Schnabel's cavernous degeneration, yet there was neither clinical nor histopathological evidence that the eyes were glaucomatous.
AB - A 26-year-old white man developed multiple, bilateral, choroidal metastases 11 months after the removal of a cutaneous malignant melanoma. Six weeks later he died. Histopathologic examination of the eyes confirmed the presence of choroidal metastases and revealed a nevus-like configuration at the base of the metastatic lesions. The nerve heads showed cavernous changes identical to those described in early Schnabel's cavernous degeneration, yet there was neither clinical nor histopathological evidence that the eyes were glaucomatous.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1972.01000020041009
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1972.01000020041009
M3 - Article
C2 - 5007782
AN - SCOPUS:0015256444
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 87
SP - 39
EP - 47
JO - Archives of ophthalmology
JF - Archives of ophthalmology
IS - 1
ER -