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Norah Lincoff1, Muhammad Nadeem2, Zilfah Younus2
1Buffalo General Medical Center, State University of New York, Buffalo, 100 High Street, Buffalo, NY, 14203, USA. lincoff@buffalo.edu.
Introduction:
Because of the advent of monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of metastatic melanoma, patients with this disease are surviving longer. Early recognition of the disease has therefore become even more important.
Case Report:
We present a patient with vitelliform maculopathy, a paraneoplastic retinal maculopathy that is under-recognized. Clinically the retinal findings of serous detachments and pigmentary macular changes are remarkable, while at the same time these patients have surprisingly very few symptoms. This is in contrast to patients who develop melanoma associated retinopathy (MAR) who are very symptomatic early in the disease, but with more subtle retinal findings.
Conclusion:
Monoclonal antibody treatment is changing the survival rates in metastatic disease making early diagnosis even more important. Exudative polymorphous vitelliform maculopathy (EPVM) needs to be recognized early to avoid delay in diagnosis of metastatic disease.
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