Title: Growing optic disc melanocytoma: what to do?
Abstract:Optic disc melanocytoma is a rare, pigmented, benign tumor with a favorable clinical outcome. The authors report the case of a 38-year-old Caucasian male, who during a check-up was found to have a jux...Optic disc melanocytoma is a rare, pigmented, benign tumor with a favorable clinical outcome. The authors report the case of a 38-year-old Caucasian male, who during a check-up was found to have a juxtapapillary pigmented lesion in the left eye.The clinical findings were compatible with an optic disc melanocytoma and yearly follow-ups were scheduled. Twenty-six months later, however, tumor growth was detected and there was a need to make a differential diagnosis of choroidal melanoma. The authors discuss the results obtained during this clinical investigation, including indocyanine green angiography findings.Read More
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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