Primary malignant melanoma of orbit
| Autor: | Bikram Dam, Jawahar Jyoti Kuli, Sunanda Nandi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Melanoma Computed tomography medicine.disease eye diseases Ophthalmic pathology Neuro-ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Optic nerve Pediatric ophthalmology sense organs Radiology business Calcification Orbit (anatomy) |
| Zdroj: | IP International Journal of Ocular Oncology and Oculoplasty. 6:136-138 |
| ISSN: | 2581-5016 2581-5024 |
| DOI: | 10.18231/j.ijooo.2020.029 |
| Popis: | Primary malignant melanoma may rarely arise in the orbit, where melanocytes are usually absent. A 43- year old man presented with painful, profuse, unilateral, eccentric proptosis for 1 year. Computed tomography scan showed intra-ocular mass in posterior chamber of right globe with coarse calcification and contiguous retrobulbar mass. The patient gave consent for surgical exploration where a well-defined pigmented mass was seen enchasing the optic nerve. Histopathological workup revealed it to be malignant melanoma. Metastatic workup came out to be negative. Right eye lid sparing exenteration was done. Hence in patients presenting with massive unilateral proptosis, primary malignant melanoma though extremely rare should be one of the suspects. Keywords: Malignant melanoma, Eye neoplasia, Lid exenteration, Pigmentation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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