[A giant malignant melanoma of the palpebral conjunctiva: a case report]

Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi. 2024 Mar 11;60(3):278-280. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112142-20231110-00222.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

An 81-year-old female patient experienced a rapid increase in the volume of a rice-sized black mass on the left eye over a period of six months. The mass extended out of the eye and exhibited surface erosion with accompanying hemorrhage. Following a live tissue examination and histopathology after orbital exenteration under general anesthesia, the diagnosis of a giant malignant palpebral conjunctival melanoma of the spindle cell subtype was confirmed. The patient refused to undergo local radiation therapy or systemic chemotherapy and died from the disease six months later.

1例81岁左眼肿物女性患者,半年内左眼米粒大小黑色肿物体积迅速增大,延伸至眼外并伴表面糜烂出血,经活体组织检查和全身麻醉下眼眶内容物摘除术后组织病理学检查,诊断为左眼睑结膜巨大恶性黑色素瘤,组织病理类型为梭形细胞。术后未接受局部放射治疗和全身化学治疗,半年后去世。.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Conjunctiva / pathology
  • Conjunctival Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Melanoma*