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A Follow-Up Report

Edward Tamler, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1970;84(1):29-32.

Abstract
Additional follow-up studies on a series of choroidal nevi previously reported showed no transformation to malignant melanoma. This rarity of malignant transformation, coupled with the occasional difficulty of distinguishing clinically between a choroidal nevus and a very early malignant melanoma, and the controversial effectiveness of photocoagulation in the treatment of malignant melanoma, makes necessary the reevaluation of light therapy in the treatment of small malignant melanomas.

Author Affiliations
San Francisco

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Dec 5, 1969.

Reprint requests to 2351 Clay St, San Francisco 94115 (Dr. Tamler).

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