MUSHROOM-SHAPED CHOROIDAL HEMANGIOMA

PURPOSE: We examined the clinicopathologic features of a mushroom-shap ed choroidal tumor that originated in the right eye of a 13-year old g irl. METHODS: The clinical, ultrasonographic, and histopathologic feat ures of the enucleated eye were studied. RESULTS: On clinical examinat ion, the choroidal tumor appeared mushroom-shaped with ultrasonic char acteristics of high internal reflectivity and choroidal excavation. Th e enucleation specimen contained a cavernous hemangioma that extended through Bruch's membrane. CONCLUSION: Choroidal hemangioma may extend through Bruch's membrane and he mushroom shaped.