[Malignant melanoma of the choroid associated with neurofibromatosis]

J Fr Ophtalmol. 1993;16(3):184-90.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A sixteen-year-old white girl with peripheral neurofibromatosis (NF1), who had been treated for a glioma of the optic nerves and chiasma developed a choroidal mass in her only functional eye. After a transchoroïdal biopsy, the pathologic examination disclosed a choroïdal melanoma of epithelioid cell type, using morphological criteria as well as an immunohistochemical study. After treatment with a ruthenium plaque, the tumor completely regressed over 4 months. According to the data of the literature, neurofibromatosis seems to predispose to the development of uveal melanomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Choroid Neoplasms / complications*
  • Choroid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / complications*
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / complications*