Choroidal melanomas are one of the commonest intraocular tumors can be benign malignant pigmented. Non pigmented more common in whites than blacks. 6 per million in the USA, 7.5 per million in Denmark and in other Scandinavian countries.
They are 80 percent choroidal, 12 percent involve C body, 8 percent involve iris. It is very difficult to diagnose, however, in most of the cases present as solid or exudative retinal detachment on B scan ultrasound or ophthalmoscopy malignant melanoma of C body yields poor results.
