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Simultaneous occurrence of primary choroidal and cutaneous malignant melanoma and skin metastasis
Author(s) -
Eide Nils,
Foerster Arnold
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1993.tb04625.x
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , metastasis , nodule (geology) , dermatology , pathology , cancer , cancer research , biology , paleontology
. This case report describes the clinical and his‐topathological 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.