Uveal Melanoma Identified as Ocular Mass on Point-of-care Ultrasound.

ABSTRACT:

Case presentation

A 41-year-old man presented to the emergency department with five months of progressive monocular vision loss in his right eye, which he described as a gradually descending and enlarging black spot. He had no light perception in his right eye with elevated intraocular pressure and an afferent pupillary defect, while his left eye visual acuity and pupillary exam was normal. Point-of-care ultrasound demonstrated a hyperechoic, pedunculated mass in the posterior chamber of his right eye, consistent with a diagnosis of ocular melanoma. Ophthalmology scheduled the patient for an elective, right eye enucleation the following week, after which a diagnosis of uveal melanoma (UM) was confirmed on histopathology.

Discussion

Uveal melanoma is an uncommon diagnosis tha

SUBMITTER: Spungen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8373173 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature