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Implantation and Evaluation of Melanoma in the Murine Choroid via Optical Coherence Tomography
Published on: December 2, 2022
Primary malignant melanoma of the lung in oculocutaneous albino patient
N Ozdemir1, A K Cangir, H Kutlay
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University Medical School, Samanpazari, Ankara, Turkey. ozdemir@medicine2.ankara.edu.tr
Abstract:
Oculocutaneous albinism is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by general depigmentation, nystagmus, photophobia, and decreased visual acuity. Malignant melanoma is extremely rare in patients with albinism. We present a 41-year-old albino male patient, who was admitted with a suspected bronchogenic carcinoma. He underwent a pulmonary resection and the diagnosis was primary malign melanoma of the lung. The patient died of tumor recurrence in the postoperative 46th month.

