Melanoma-Associated Spongiform Scleropathy Adjacent to a Choroidal Nevus

Melanoma-associated spongiform scleropathy contiguous to a choroidal nevus was an incidental finding in a 57-year-old woman whose eye was removed for a separate choroidal-ciliary body melanoma. All previously reported cases of melanoma-associated spongiform scleropathy, except for one, have been found adjacent to posterior uveal melanoma. The mechanism of scleral degeneration in melanoma-associated spongiform scleropathy is unknown. Few cases of posterior uveal nevi have been reported since the description of spongiform scleropathy, making assessment of the specificity of the degeneration to melanoma alone difficult. The presence of melanoma-associated scleropathy adjacent to a choroidal nevus indicates that the condition is not exclusively linked to posterior uveal melanoma.