[Differential diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration and choroidal tumor (a clinical case)]

Differential diagnostics of age-related macular degeneration and choroidal tumor is a challenging task for ophthalmologists. Difficulties arise on various stages during establishing the diagnosis: when interpreting ophthalmoscopic picture, or when evaluating the results of visualization methods. The article describes a clinical case of differential diagnostics of age-related macular degeneration and choroidal tumor. The difficulties emerged when interpreting results of ultrasound examination. Optical coherence tomography helped exclude choroidal tumor.