[Intraocular malignant melanoma in intermediate uveitis treated conservatively and surgically for a prolonged period]

The authors give an account of a 28-year-old female patient treated for a prolonged period in the out-patient department on account of intermediary uveitis with subsequent pars plana vitrectomy of the left eye. After repeatedly deteriorating local findings after a 4-month interval in the punctate of the anterior chamber cells of non-differentiated malignant melanoma were detected; histological examination of the enucleated bulbus confirmed the diagnosis of malignant melanoma penetrating into the optic nerve.