Conjunctival Metastasis of a Cutaneous Melanoma
Author(s) -
Niels J. Brouwer,
Marina Marinkovic,
Anouk Jochems,
Ellen Kapiteijn,
Sjoerd G. van Duinen,
Barbara I. Haeseker,
Martine J. Jager,
Gregorius P. M. Luyten
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ocular oncology and pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2296-4681
pISSN - 2296-4657
DOI - 10.1159/000479114
Subject(s) - medicine , dabrafenib , melanoma , metastasis , pembrolizumab , trametinib , pathology , lesion , histopathology , cancer , vemurafenib , cancer research , metastatic melanoma , immunotherapy , kinase , mapk/erk pathway , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
To report a patient who presented with a conjunctival tumour as a first sign of distant metastasis of cutaneous melanoma. The patient was treated successfully with BRAF/MEK-inhibitors and anti-PD-1 antibodies.
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