Treatment Options in Bilateral Diffuse Uveal Melanocytic Proliferation (BDUMP): Case Presentation and Review of the...

To outline the therapeutic approach for a rare case of Bilateral Diffuse Uveal Melanocytic Proliferation (BDUMP) and examine the current management recommendations of this uncommon condition.

Literature review on the current treatment options in BDUMP cases. An 82-year-old woman was referred to our clinic due to bilateral visual loss. She was treated elsewhere with anti-vascular endothelial growth factors (anti-VEGF) in both eyes for presumed choroidal neovascularization (CNV) without improvement. Her past medical history (PMH) entailed colon cancer, treated with surgical resection and adjuvant chemotherapy 15 years ago. The patient presented with low visual acuity in both eyes, multiple oval orange patches in the fundus with striking hyperfluorescent pattern in fluorescein angiography (FA), giraffe pattern in fundus autofluorescence (FAF) and rapidly progressive cataracts. Intravitreal dexamethasone implants were administered with mild improvement and subretinal fluid absorption.

The management strategy in BDUMP should focus on the systemic, often occult malignancy. There is no standard treatment protocol for BDUMP; however, plasmapheresis in combination with primary malignancy treatment seems to yield promising results in current literature reports. Anti-VEGF injections failed to control BDUMP sequelae, however intravitreal dexamethasone implants may offer temporary relief.