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W. A. MANSCHOT, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1965;73(5):666-668.

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Boniuk and Zimmerman¹ reported on 57 patients with choroidal melanomas who had been operated on for retinal detachment. These authors estimated that 2% of the choroidal melanoma cases on file in the Registry of Ophthalmic Pathology have had one or more operations for retinal detachment prior to enucleation. In our laboratory two such cases have been encountered, one of them being a case of ring melanoma.² It was stated in both clinical reports that a retinal hole had been present; this hole, however, could not be detected by histological examination.

Boniuk and Zimmerman³ emphasize that the presence of retinal holes or tears does not necessarily rule out a choroidal tumor, since retinal breaks are not infrequently seen in otherwise normal eyes. This statement is endorsed by Okun's⁴ finding of retinal breaks without detachment in approximately 5% of 250 autopsies, and by pictures of one of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Rotterdam, Netherlands

From the Central Pathological Laboratory, Municipal Hospitals, Dr. Molewaterplein 36, Rotterdam.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Jan 11, 1965.

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