Enucleation after argon laser photocoagulation for choroidal melanoma
Brancato, R.; Menchini, U.; Pece, A.
Annals of Ophthalmology 20(8): 296-298
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4886 PMID: 3056206 Document Number: 311839
We report the case of a choroidal melanoma 3 disc-diameters in size and 1 mm in thickness located superiorly at 2 disc-diameters from the optic disc. Argon laser photocoagulation was done in 1977. No recurrence was observed for eight years. In 1985, the melanoma suddenly reappeared, invading the posterior pole and causing secondary retinal detachment. The histologic examination after enucleation revealed a spindle-cell melanoma. Considering the fluorescein angiographic findings, we question the effectiveness of argon laser photocoagulation of choroidal melanoma.