Open AccessOrbital Extension of an Unsuspected Choroidal Melanoma Presumably through an Aqueous Tube Shunt
Author(s) -
Hayyam Kıratlı,
İrem Koç,
Berçin Tarlan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ocular oncology and pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2296-4681
pISSN - 2296-4657
DOI - 10.1159/000441726
Subject(s) - medicine , ophthalmology , surgery
To report a patient with unrecognized small macular melanoma, who gradually developed neovascular glaucoma that was treated with an Ahmed valve. We presume that tumor cells gained access to the orbit through this aqueous drainage device.