Advanced choroidal melanoma with a desirable aesthetic outcome after enucleation: A case report.

Abstract:

:Choroidal melanoma is a rare ocular tumor. The present study reports the case of a 66-year-old male who presented with chronic headache and progressive visual loss. Physical eye examination and combined A- and B-mode ultrasonography detected choroidal melanoma. Due to tumor characteristics the eye was enucleated restoring the orbital volume with a 22 mm intraorbital bioceramic sphere implant. The eye was subjected to histopathological examination that confirmed the choroidal melanoma, 2 cm in diameter and 0.8 cm in elevation, occupying almost half of the globe. Microscopically, the neoplasm comprises mostly of epithelioid cells and fewer Type B spindle cells, with intense pigmentation. AJCC staging for the melanoma was T4b. The patient was fitted with an artificial eye after enucleation. Thirteen months after initial diagnosis, liver metastases were confirmed during his scheduled follow-up.

journal_name

Oncol Lett

journal_title

Oncology letters

authors

Terzidou C,Trivli A,Dalianis G,Apessou D,Spandidos DA,Goulielmos GN

doi

10.3892/ol.2018.8661

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-07-01 00:00:00

pages

511-514

issue

1

eissn

1792-1074

issn

1792-1082

pii

OL-0-0-8661

journal_volume

16

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