Spontaneous and Indentation Subretinal Hemorrhage from Choroidal Melanoma

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Pedro A Rebello Melina C Morales Juliana HS Mascato Rodrigo B Fernandes Arthur Gustavo Fernandes

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Arthur Gustavo Fernandes
Ophthal Hospital Especializado, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Choroidal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults. Herein, the authors report two cases of subretinal hemorrhage associated with it. The first case presented with a large choroidal mass associated with subretinal hemorrhage, no history of trauma and choroidal melanoma diagnosis on ultrasound. The second case was initially diagnosed with retinal detachment but during the surgery a pigmented subretinal mass was observed, starting to bleed after scleral depression. Subretinal hemorrhage can occur due to ruptures in Bruch's membrane spontaneously or precipitated by inadvertent trauma. Despite an unusual manifestation, it should always be considered avoiding misdiagnosis.

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Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Received: Fri 27, May 2022
Accepted: Thu 16, Jun 2022
Published: Wed 29, Jun 2022

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© 2023 Arthur Gustavo Fernandes. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JSCR.2022.01.03