Spontaneous regression of a choroidal melanoma
S. R. Lambert, D. H. Char, E. Howes Jr, J. B. Crawford and J. Wells
Although spontaneous regression of uveal malignant melanoma is rare, its
occurrence is not uncommon in cutaneous melanomas. We report a 15-year
follow-up of an enlarging posterior pigmented tumor. It initially appeared
to spontaneously regress into a flat chorioretinal scar, but, ten years
later, it grew markedly and the eye was enucleated. Histopathologic changes
similar to those found in regressed cutaneous melanomas were located in the
region of the chorioretinal scar.
