Choroidal melanoma in a patient with congenital bilateral chorioretinal coloboma: a case report of an extremely rare association of ocular comorbities

Clinicopathologic findings of a 44-year-old Caucasian male who presented with a congenital bilateral chorioretinal coloboma and later developed a large choroidal melanoma in his best seeing eye. The eye containing the malignant tumor was enucleated and the histopathologic findings confirmed the clin...

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Main Authors: João Borges Fortes Filho, Andrea Cunha Magnani, Ana Paula Tonietto, Fernanda Verçoza Lovato, Humberto Lubisco Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2010-10-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492010000500016&lng=en&tlng=en