Double choroidal malignant melanoma in an eye with apparent clinical regression

Surv Ophthalmol. 1998 Mar-Apr;42(5):441-8. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(97)00136-7.

Abstract

Multicentric melanomas in the same eye are rare, with few cases substantiated by histology and serial sectioning. We report a patient with two documented choroidal malignant melanomas in one eye. The initial tumor spontaneously decreased in size for over 2 years before a second tumor appeared in a noncontiguous location in the same eye. After enucleation, serial sections showed that the two lesions were independent choroidal melanomas. We review the literature regarding multiple, independent intraocular choroidal malignant melanomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Choroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Choroid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Choroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Eye Enucleation
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Melanoma / surgery
  • Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Ultrasonography