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Am J Ophthalmol
; 134(4): 614-5, 2002 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12383827
RESUMO
PURPOSE: To report a melanocytoma of the optic disk in an adult who had prior photographic documentation that the affected disk was entirely normal. METHODS: Clinical evaluation and fundus photography. RESULTS: An asymptomatic 45-year-old woman was found on routine ocular examination to have a typical melanocytoma in her right optic disk. Fundus photographs made 13 years earlier showed a normal right optic disk with no sign of melanocytoma or other pigmented lesion. CONCLUSIONS: Although optic disk melanocytoma is generally believed to be a congenital lesion, it can apparently develop spontaneously in adulthood.