Metastatic choroidal melanoma to the contralateral eye: a rare case

Metastatic choroidal melanoma to the contralateral eye: a rare case

ABSTRACT Uveal melanoma is the most common adult primary intraocular cancer. Although liver metastasis is common to the natural history of the disease, metastasis to the fellow eye is extremely rare. Here we report the case of a 59-year-old man with choroidal melanoma in his right eye who underwent enucleation at a different center. The patient was referred to our service 21 months postoperatively, complaining of decreased vision. He was found to have a new pigmented choroidal tumor in his left eye associated with liver disease. Ocular ultrasonography and liver biopsy with histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis were performed and confirmed the diagnosis. Few similar cases have been described in the literature. The differential diagnosis included primary bilateral choroidal melanoma and metastatic choroidal tumor from a primary skin melanoma.

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Main Authors: Belfort,Rubens N., Müller,Monica Santos, Isenberg,Jordan, Ferraz,Patricia, Szejnfeld,Denis
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Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2018
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spelling oai:scielo:S0004-274920180006005172018-10-11Metastatic choroidal melanoma to the contralateral eye: a rare caseBelfort,Rubens N.Müller,Monica SantosIsenberg,JordanFerraz,PatriciaSzejnfeld,Denis Choroid neoplasms/secondary Melanoma Neoplasms metastasis Diagnosis, differential ABSTRACT Uveal melanoma is the most common adult primary intraocular cancer. Although liver metastasis is common to the natural history of the disease, metastasis to the fellow eye is extremely rare. Here we report the case of a 59-year-old man with choroidal melanoma in his right eye who underwent enucleation at a different center. The patient was referred to our service 21 months postoperatively, complaining of decreased vision. He was found to have a new pigmented choroidal tumor in his left eye associated with liver disease. Ocular ultrasonography and liver biopsy with histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis were performed and confirmed the diagnosis. Few similar cases have been described in the literature. The differential diagnosis included primary bilateral choroidal melanoma and metastatic choroidal tumor from a primary skin melanoma.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessConselho Brasileiro de OftalmologiaArquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia v.81 n.6 20182018-11-01info:eu-repo/semantics/othertext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492018000600517en10.5935/0004-2749.20180099
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Metastatic choroidal melanoma to the contralateral eye: a rare case
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Müller,Monica Santos
Isenberg,Jordan
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title Metastatic choroidal melanoma to the contralateral eye: a rare case
title_short Metastatic choroidal melanoma to the contralateral eye: a rare case
title_full Metastatic choroidal melanoma to the contralateral eye: a rare case
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title_full_unstemmed Metastatic choroidal melanoma to the contralateral eye: a rare case
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description ABSTRACT Uveal melanoma is the most common adult primary intraocular cancer. Although liver metastasis is common to the natural history of the disease, metastasis to the fellow eye is extremely rare. Here we report the case of a 59-year-old man with choroidal melanoma in his right eye who underwent enucleation at a different center. The patient was referred to our service 21 months postoperatively, complaining of decreased vision. He was found to have a new pigmented choroidal tumor in his left eye associated with liver disease. Ocular ultrasonography and liver biopsy with histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis were performed and confirmed the diagnosis. Few similar cases have been described in the literature. The differential diagnosis included primary bilateral choroidal melanoma and metastatic choroidal tumor from a primary skin melanoma.
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