Simultaneous occurrence of primary choroidal and cutaneous malignant melanoma and skin metastasis

Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh). 1993 Aug;71(4):496-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1993.tb04625.x.

Abstract

This case report describes the clinical and histopathological findings in a 65-year-old woman enucleated for a malignant choroidal melanoma. Simultaneously, an excision was performed of a cutaneous melanoma together with a satellite nodule presumed to be a metastasis from the cutaneous, superficial spreading melanoma. Six months later, chemotherapy for liver metastasis was given without effect. There were no signs of dysplastic nevus syndrome. A 39-year-old cousin, however, had been enucleated for a malignant choroidal melanoma. This sporadic case might suggest a common etiologic factor in the pathogenesis of multicentric melanomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Choroid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Melanoma / secondary*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Visual Acuity