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Choroidal melanoma with oculodermal melanocytosis in Hispanic patients
R Infante de German-Ribon1, A D Singh, J F Arevalo
1Retina Clinic, Fundacion Oftalmologica Nacional, Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|August 24, 1999
Abstract
Purpose:
To describe three Hispanic patients with oculodermal melanocytosis and uveal melanoma.
Method:
Case series.
Results:
Three Hispanic patients with oculodermal melanocytosis and uveal melanoma underwent enucleation. The diagnosis of choroidal melanoma was confirmed by histopathologic examination.
Conclusion:
In the Hispanic population, uveal melanoma can occur in the presence of oculodermal melanocytosis.