Uveal melanoma in congenital ocular melanocytosis mimicking malignant transformation of the optic disc melanocytoma (A controlled case)

Abstract

A case of 57-year old woman with uveal melanoma of the posterior pole arising in the congenital ocular melanocytosis mimicking clinically malignant transformation of the optic disc melanocytoma is presented.

Keywords

• congenital ocular melanocytosis
• optic disc melanocytoma
• uveal melanoma
• optical coherence tomography
• indocyanine green angiography