Lesson of the month 1: Seeing snowflakes

Anand Patel; Arif Aslam; Gavin Orr; William Perkins

doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.15-4-394

Lesson of the month 1: Seeing snowflakes

Clin Med (Lond). 2015 Aug;15(4):394-5. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-4-394.

Authors

Anand Patel¹, Arif Aslam², Gavin Orr³, William Perkins¹

Affiliations

¹ consultant dermatologist and dermatological surgeon, Department of Dermatology, Nottingham NHS Treatment Centre, Nottingham, UK.
² post-CCT fellow in Mohs micrographic surgery, Department of Dermatology, Nottingham NHS Treatment Centre, Nottingham, UK a.aslam@doctors.org.uk.
³ consultant ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.

Abstract

Melanoma-associated retinopathy is a rare paraneoplastic complication of metastatic cutaneous malignant melanoma. It may present years after the original diagnosis of melanoma. We describe a patient with this condition who presented with persistent visual symptoms.

Keywords: Photopsias; electroretinography; melanoma-associated retinopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Electroretinography
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Melanoma / complications*
Melanoma / diagnosis
Melanoma / secondary
Middle Aged
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Ocular / diagnosis*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Ocular / etiology
Retinal Neoplasms / complications
Retinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Retinal Neoplasms / secondary*
Skin Neoplasms / complications*
Skin Neoplasms / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed