Pseudomelanome der Aderhaut

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate what are the most frequent ocular diseases that were suspected for choroidal melanoma (”pseudo melanoma”). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The data of all patients who were seen in the University Hospital of Mainz under the suspicion of choroidal melanoma between 1.1.1994 and 1.1.2004 and underwent ultrasound examination, fluorescein angiography or fundus photography, were analysed retrospectively. Among 458 examined eyes a choroidal melanoma was diagnosed in 212 cases. In 246 cases the diagnosis was “pseudomelanoma”. RESULTS: The most frequent ocular diseases suspected for choroidal melanoma were “suspicious nevi” in 31 % of the cases and “disciforme…