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Cataract Associated with Ciliary Body Melanoma A patient with recently diagnosed ciliary body melanoma was referred to the BPEI glaucoma service for cataract evaluation. Examination revealed CF vision, a dense white cataract, and ciliary body melanoma that had extended into the iris. The patient ha…

Scleral-Invasive Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia An 83-year-old male with history of skin cancer and tobacco use was referred to BPEI for evaluation of a subconjunctival mass which was previously biopsied. On presentation, a large firm subconjunctival mass with prominent feeder vessels was seen. …

This patient was referred for possible iris malignancy. Ultrasound confirmed no mass. There is atrophy of the iris nasally with some variable pigmentation.

Ocular Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma A patient with metastatic cutaneous melanoma to the eye was referred to BPEI glaucoma service for elevated IOP. Examination revealed 20/125 vision and IOP 31 mmHg on multiple glaucoma drops. Gonioscopy revealed a diffuse melanomatous membrane and pigment accumul…

Choroidal Metastasis Consistent with Renal Cell Primary A 57-year-old male presented to clinic with a one-week history of red line in his vision OS. The patient was noted to have a history of left nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma that was diagnosed after a metastatic lesion was detected in the …

Chroroidal Osteoma is a rare benign tumor characterized by the presence of cancellous bone within the peripapillary choroid

Slit lamp photo with white tumor growing into the sulcus inferior temporally. The Ultrasound Biomicroscopy shows a medium density mass in the ciliary body. The patient had known stage 4 lung cancer.

Exudative Retinal Detachment Following Treatment of Posterior Uveal Melanoma A 55-year-old male presented to Bascom Palmer with complaints of flashing lights in his right eye and found to have a large choroidal mass. Work-up revealed a likely choroidal melanoma with an associated small inferior exu…

Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma to Choroid An elderly patient presented with vision loss in the right eye and self-referred to BPEI for a second opinion. A pigmented, elevated choroidal lesion concerning for malignancy was noted in the right eye with sub retinal fluid extending into the macula. The p…

Primary Uveal Melanoma, Left Eye A 30-year-old Hispanic female with a history of thyroid disease presented to the Bascom Palmer ER with complaints of blurry vision and eye strain in the left eye while reading for a 1-month duration. Her last eye exam was a decade ago and was normal. She was diagnos…

Pseudoangiomatous Retinal Gliosis A 54-year-old Hispanic male presented with decreased vision in the right eye over 3 months. Dilated fundus exam of the right eye showed a geographic area of chorioretinal alteration in the far temporal periphery at 9 o’clock, a gliovascular retinal mass superiorl…

Retinoblastoma A 2-year-old female with an unremarkable past medical history presented with pain and swelling of the left eye. One examination she was able to fix and follow with both eyes but had a dull red reflex of the left eye as well as a retinal mass. An exam under anesthesia was performed wh…

Group E retinoblastoma

Uveal Effusion Syndrome A patient was referred to the ocular oncology service for evaluation of a suspicious choroidal mass and serous retinal detachment in the right eye. The Snellen visual acuity was 20/80 and intraocular pressures were normal in both eyes. Examination and imaging of the right ey…

Retinal Capillary Hemangioblastoma in Von-Hippel Lindau Syndrome A 40-year-old male with family history of renal cell carcinoma and history of neurosurgical excision of cerebellar hemangioblastoma presents for routine ophthalmic examination. Vision is 20/20 in both eyes. Fundus examination reveals …

Coats Disease An infant presented with suspected retinoblastoma after undergoing an exam under anesthesia (EUA) with an outside provider. On repeat exam under anesthesia, there were no mass lesions identified on indirect exam or ultrasound. Indirect exam revealed powdery yellow exudative changes an…

Coats' Disease with Secondary Pseudoangiomatous Acquired Retinal Gliosis A healthy 6-year-old female was referred after she failed her school vision screening in the right eye. Exam revealed a visual acuity of count fingers (CF) at 1 foot in the right eye. Slit lamp examination was unremarkable. Fu…

Sturge-Weber Syndrome A child was born with an extensive, bilateral, flat, red facial skin lesion that was initially flat and barely noticeable but over time has grown and become thicker and a deeper red color. He was born at term to a healthy mother, had no other lesions on his body, no other symp…