Scleral transillumination

Scleral transillumination has great value in differential diagnosis. In inflammatory lesions, macular discoid degeneration, choroidal metastatic cancer or choroidal hemangiomas, all can transmit light; while in choroidal melanoma, they are generally opaque.

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