Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 77-83, 15 July 2000

Node Way Out☆☆☆★

  • Michael S Vaphiades, DO

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR USA
    • ,
  • Harry Brown, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR USA
    • ,
  • Scott M Whitcup, MD

      Affiliations

    • The National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

PETER SAVINO, EDITOR

Abstract 

A 47-year-old woman without a history of melanoma experienced visual hallucinations, abnormal visual field, and an ERG suggestive of melanoma-associated retinopathy (MAR). A lymph node biopsy showed malignant melanoma. Appropriate evaluation, management, and treatment of MAR is discussed.

Keywords:  autoimmune retinopathy, bipolar cells, cancer-associated retinopathy, cone dysfunction, electroretinogram, melanoma-associated retinopathy, rod dysfunction, visual hallucinations

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☆ The authors have no proprietary or commercial interest in any product or concept discussed in this article.

☆☆ This work was supported in part by an unrestricted grant from the Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, NY.

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PII: S0039-6257(00)00133-8

Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 77-83, 15 July 2000

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