Melanosis oculi and malignant choroid melanoma
Cernea, P.; Enache, D.
Oftalmologia 36(3): 257-263
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 1220-0875 PMID: 1520683 Document Number: 390307
The patient aged 75 years presents since her youth, in the left eye, ocular melanosis with abnormal pigmentation of the sclerotic, hyperpigmentation of the iris and abnormal pigmentation of the fundus oculi. Six months ago, she noticed that she is not able to see with this eye, and the fundus oculi examination emphasizes a malignant choroidal melanoma, with a fixed detachment of the retina. The authors show that the denomination Bourquin's benign ocular melanosis, under which the affection is known, is improper, as 10% of the cases of ocular melanosis degenerate into melanosarcomas. The term melanosis oculi is the most adequate one.