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12759867

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
A 65-year-old woman was diagnosed clinically to have a tarsal conjunctival malignant melanoma of the upper eyelid. She also had multiple, diffusely pigmented, flat conjunctival lesions. No local or distant metastasis was detected. She was treated conservatively by a combination of surgery and cryotherapy as this was her only seeing eye. Histopathology of the tumor tissue and biopsy specimens of the flat conjunctival lesions proved them to be conjunctival malignant melanoma and primary atypical melanosis with atypia, respectively. Over a follow-up of two years, no clinical recurrence of the tumor was seen. To conclude, a malignant melanoma arising from the tarsal conjunctiva is extremely rare. The goal of treatment should be eradication of the tumor as well as preservation of a functionally and cosmetically acceptable eye.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0167-6830
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Conjunctival malignant melanoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110 029, India. msbajaj32@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports