Malignant melanoma of the choroid.

ABSTRACT

Two cases of the malignant melanoma of the choroids were revealed from the in-patient section, Department of Ophthalmology, Siriraj Hospital, from 1978 to 1986. This is a rare disease and frequently found in the white patient rather than in the black. The first case was male and the second case was female. The age was 35 and 33 years respectively one of them came from the Northern province. The presenting symptom was the same (blurring of vision about 2 months). On the eye examination, found secondary retinal detachment from the underlying intraocular tumour both of them. Enucleation was done in both cases. The pathologic whole eye section was confirmed microscopically the malignant melanoma of the choroids with secondary retinal detachment.