Annals of ophthalmology
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Annals of ophthalmology · Feb 1988
Case ReportsIntraocular malignant melanoma simulating uveal prolapse.
An 87-year-old woman, who had undergone cataract surgery and vitrectomy OD two years previously, had a blind, painful right eye secondary to intraocular hemorrhage and glaucoma. At the initial examination, a flat area of darkly pigmented tissue was noted at the wound site of the previous cataract surgery, and uveal prolapse was diagnosed. ⋯ Histologic study revealed areas of hemorrhage and epithelioid malignant melanoma. It is important to recognize that prolapse of tissue at a surgical wound site may represent an extension of an intraocular malignancy.