The Development of Orange Pigment Overlying Choroidal Metastasis

Ocul Oncol Pathol. 2015 Feb;1(2):93-7. doi: 10.1159/000369823. Epub 2015 Jan 9.

Abstract

Aims: The aim of this study was to correlate the ophthalmoscopic and histopathological findings of orange pigment overlying a choroidal metastasis.

Methods: This is a single case report with clinical follow-up and histopathological examination.

Results: Histopathology revealed a choroidal metastasis with subretinal CD68-positive macrophages showing autofluorescent deposits in fluorescence microscopy.

Conclusion: The development of orange pigment is not pathognomonic for choroidal melanoma but may be seen in other lesions such as carcinoma metastasis.

Keywords: Choroidal melanoma; Choroidal metastasis; Orange pigment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports