Abstract
PURPOSE: To report unusual vitelliform fundus findings in three cases of paraneoplastic retinopathy associated with metastasised cutaneous or uveal melanoma and in one case, a unique immunoreactivity response.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Observational case series. The histories of three patients with MAR-like paraneoplastic retinopathy were reviewed. Electroretinography, Goldmann perimetry, fluorescein angiography, and in one case optical coherence tomography, immunohistochemistry and Western blotting were performed.
RESULTS: All patients revealed similar paraneoplastic vitelliform retinal abnormalities. Symptoms in two cases differed from the classical MAR syndrome. In one case, western blotting and immunohistochemistry demonstrated antibodies against 120-kDa, a soluble photoreceptor protein. No immunoreactivity to retinal bipolar cells was detected.
CONCLUSION: The clinical, electrophysiological, and immunological findings in our patients suggest a melanoma associated paraneoplastic origin, like in MAR syndrome. However contrary to MAR syndrome, this paraneoplastic vitelliform retinopathy exhibits a peculiar fundus picture, consisting of serous macular detachment and nummular vitelliform lesions in the posterior pole. This could be an unusual presentation of MAR or a separate paraneoplastic entity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 910-4 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde |
Volume | 222 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2005 |
Keywords
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Melanoma/pathology
- Middle Aged
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes/pathology
- Retinal Degeneration/pathology
- Skin Neoplasms/pathology
- Uveal Neoplasms/pathology