Open AccessOrbital amelanotic melanoma in xeroderma pigmentosum: A rare association
Author(s) -
Syed Amjad Ali Rizvi,
Abadan K Amitava,
Ghazala Mehdi,
Rajeev Sharma,
Mohammad Shahid Alam
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.42423
Subject(s) - xeroderma pigmentosum , medicine , dermatology , melanoma , genetics , cancer research , dna , biology , dna repair
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder of DNA repair in which the body's normal ability to repair damage caused by ultraviolet light is deficient. This leads to a 1000-fold increased risk of cutaneous and ocular neoplasms. Ocular neoplasms occurring in XP in order of frequency are squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and melanoma. Malignant melanomas occur at an early age in patients with XP. We report a case of XP with massive orbital melanoma in an eight-year-old boy which is unique due to its amelanotic presentation confirmed histopathologically.