Abstract
Beading of a retinal vein draining a choroidal melanoma is reported, showing that the endothelial proliferation producing the beading is a response to some blood borne factor(s) traversing the vein and that retinal capillary non-perfusion adjacent to the beaded vein is not a necessary part of the process.
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