BRIEF POST ON CHORIODAL MELANOMAS

CHORIODAL MELANOMAS ARE ONE OF THE COMMONEST INTRAOCULAR TUMORS THEY CAN BE

BENIGN

MALIGNANT

PIGMENTED

NON PIGMENTED

MORE COMMON IN WHITES THAN BLACKS

HAVE GOT AN EARLY TENDENCY FOR LIVER METATASIS HOWEVER IF DIAGNOSED AND TREATED EARLY ONE CAN PREVENT LIVER METATASIS

THEY ARE 6 PER MILLION IN U S A

7.5 PER MILLION IN DENMARK AND OTHER SCANDENAVIAN COUNTERIES

ARE 80 PERECENT CHORIODAL

12 PERCENT INVOLVEC BODY

8 PERCENT IRIS

DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE DE TO THEIR ATYPICAL PRESENTATIONS

HOWEVER IN MOST OF CASES PRESENT AS SOLID OR EXUDATVE RETINAL DETACHMENT ON INDIECT OPHTHALMOSCOPY AND B SCAN ULTRASOUND