| Autor: |
Djiguimdé WP; Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso., Diomandé IA; Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital of Bouaké, University Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Cote d'Ivoire., Bonnin N; Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France., Saroul N; Otorhinolaryngology Department, University Hospital Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France., Touré A; Radiology Department, University Hospital of Yopougon, University Félix Houphouët Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire., Sanou J; Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso., Sankara P; Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso., Russier M; Otorhinolaryngology Department, University Hospital Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France., Gilain L; Otorhinolaryngology Department, University Hospital Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France., Ahnoux-Zabsonré A; Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso., Meda N; Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso., Bacin F; Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France. |
| Abstrakt: |
The authors report a case of a malignant melanoma of the nasal cavity that is a rare tumor and very aggressive, constituting 1% of all melanomas. It appeared in a patient 54 years after he was treated for a hereditary retinoblastoma. Its symptoms are nonspecific, and often marked by epistaxis. Its diagnosis is histological, supported by immunohistochemistry. Its prognosis is often unfavorable, and characterized by the occurrence of metastases and recurrences. Because of the risk of secondary cancer that exists in any survivor of hereditary retinoblastoma, we must think of possible mucosal melanoma of the nasal sinus in these patients in cases of chronic epistaxis. The prognosis of this tumor depends on its early diagnosis and surgical treatment. |
