EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Asst Prof of Ophthal. U.of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Category: Pathology
Diagnosis: differential diagnosis of a heavily pigmented iris lesion

Image Comments:

Sectorial heterochromia, heavily pigmented nevus, and melanoma must be considered. The eye and its lesion must be reevaluated periodically - slit-lamp examination, gonioscopy, and intraocular pressure.

 

 

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