Necrotic choroidal melanoma masquerading as scleritis

We report a case of a patient who presented with symptoms of acute onset scleritis in the left eye but was found to have an underlying necrotic choroidal melanoma. Asymptomatic choroidal melanoma can undergo spontaneous necrosis and manifest as severe scleritis and should be considered as an importa...

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Main Authors:	Christine A Putri, Sachin M Salvi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:	Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:	choroidal melanoma scleritis tumour necrosis
Online Access:	http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2020;volume=68;issue=9;spage=1979;epage=1981;aulast=Putri

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spelling	doaj-80f1f78534c74222becc5c99cb9a26b52020-11-25T03:26:58ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Ophthalmology0301-47381998-36892020-01-016891979198110.4103/ijo.IJO_271_20Necrotic choroidal melanoma masquerading as scleritisChristine A PutriSachin M SalviWe report a case of a patient who presented with symptoms of acute onset scleritis in the left eye but was found to have an underlying necrotic choroidal melanoma. Asymptomatic choroidal melanoma can undergo spontaneous necrosis and manifest as severe scleritis and should be considered as an important differential.http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2020;volume=68;issue=9;spage=1979;epage=1981;aulast=Putrichoroidal melanomascleritistumour necrosis
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spellingShingle	Christine A Putri Sachin M Salvi Necrotic choroidal melanoma masquerading as scleritis Indian Journal of Ophthalmology choroidal melanoma scleritis tumour necrosis
author_facet	Christine A Putri Sachin M Salvi
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title	Necrotic choroidal melanoma masquerading as scleritis
title_short	Necrotic choroidal melanoma masquerading as scleritis
title_full	Necrotic choroidal melanoma masquerading as scleritis
title_fullStr	Necrotic choroidal melanoma masquerading as scleritis
title_full_unstemmed	Necrotic choroidal melanoma masquerading as scleritis
title_sort	necrotic choroidal melanoma masquerading as scleritis
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
issn	0301-4738 1998-3689
publishDate	2020-01-01
description	We report a case of a patient who presented with symptoms of acute onset scleritis in the left eye but was found to have an underlying necrotic choroidal melanoma. Asymptomatic choroidal melanoma can undergo spontaneous necrosis and manifest as severe scleritis and should be considered as an important differential.
topic	choroidal melanoma scleritis tumour necrosis
url	http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2020;volume=68;issue=9;spage=1979;epage=1981;aulast=Putri
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Necrotic choroidal melanoma masquerading as scleritis

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