Choroid melanoma masked like phacomorphic glaucoma

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Key words, secondary glaucoma, uveal melanoma, intraocular tumor, opotic nephropathy, GAA, GAC.

Abstract

Introduction: Intraocular tumors can induce secondary glaucoma through many mechanisms. Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular tumor in adults. At least 40% develop liver metastases leading to death.

Objective: To guide the search for intraocular tumors as an etiological factor of unilateral and refractory secondary glaucomas.

Case presentation: A 78-year-old, white-skinned male patient with a history of Arterial Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, diabetic macroangiopathy and grade 1 obesity comes to a glaucoma consultation reporting having slow and progressive loss of vision accompanied by intermittent red eye in his right eye. Vision is almost zero and the intensity of pain is strongest in the morning. With the data of the ophthalmological physical examination, a phacomorphic glaucoma is diagnosed. It was decided to enter to compensate for ocular hypertension and subsequent surgical treatment. During the operation and after the extraction of the lens, a dark brown or brown intraocular mass was observed that protruded behind the iris at eleven o'clock and towards the center of the visual axis, making us think of an unsuspected intraocular tumor. A new surgical intervention is then proposed, enucleation of the RE, with the prior consent of the patient. The diagnosis of melanotic melanoma is corroborated by the pathological anatomy department.

Conclusions: uveal melanomas can mimic any form of secondary glaucoma, especially those unilateral and refractory to medical treatment.

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Author Biographies

Rodolfo López Rodríguez, Hospital "Hermanos Ameijeiras"

Especialista en Oftalmología. Profesor Asistente

Daime Alvarez López, Hospital Universitario Comandante Manuel Fajardo

Especialista en Oftalmologia. Profesor asistente

Patricia González Vargas, Hospital "Hermanos Ameijeiras"

Especialista en Oftalmologia. Instructor

Blanca Rubí Valencia Bustamante, Hospital "Hermanos Ameijeiras"

Especialista en Oftalmologia.

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Published

2021-05-10

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López Rodríguez R, Alvarez López D, González Vargas P, Valencia Bustamante BR. Choroid melanoma masked like phacomorphic glaucoma. Acta Médica [Internet]. 2021 May 10 [cited 2025 Apr. 3];22(1). Available from: https://revactamedica.sld.cu/index.php/act/article/view/165

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