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Focal choroidal excavation associated with nonmelanocytic iris tumor

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Purpose To describe a unique unilateral association between an iris stromal tumor and a macular focal choroidal excavation. Case Description A 40-year old patient presented with a small iris tumor… Click to show full abstract

Purpose To describe a unique unilateral association between an iris stromal tumor and a macular focal choroidal excavation. Case Description A 40-year old patient presented with a small iris tumor associated with a unilateral macular lesion disclosed during a routine ophthalmologic examination. The patient was asymptomatic and visual function was not affected. After clinical and instrumental evaluation, a diagnosis of nonmelanocytic undefined stromal tumor of the iris associated with macular focal choroidal excavation was made. The size and shape of the two lesions remained stable during a 7-year follow-up and the patient did not develop other signs. Conclusion The concurrent presence of a stromal iris tumor associated with focal choroidal excavation has never been reported. Further reports of this association are required in order to understand its exact pathogenesis.

Keywords: choroidal excavation; iris tumor; tumor; focal choroidal

Journal Title: European Journal of Ophthalmology
Year Published: 2022

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