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Organized vitreous hemorrhage masquerading as an optic disc melanocytoma
1Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
European Journal of Ophthalmology
|April 17, 2003
Abstract
Purpose:
To present a case of organized vitreous hemorrhage masquerading an optic disc melanocytoma.
Discussion:
Optic nerve head melanocytoma is a benign slightly pigmented lesion arising from the edge of the disc presenting with a filed defect. Pigmented nature of the lesion in question due to presence of haemosidrin laden macrophages led a diagnostic dilemma. Trans vitreal biopsy confirmed the diagnosis.
Conclusions:
Althought classical in presentation organized blood clots can masquerade a number of lesions including a melanocytoma as in the present scenario.