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Implantation and Evaluation of Melanoma in the Murine Choroid via Optical Coherence Tomography
Published on: December 2, 2022
Consecutive choroidal melanoma in the same eye of a patient
Peter W Hadden1, Bertil E Damato
1Liverpool Ocular Oncology Centre, St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, England, United Kingdom. peterandandy@hotmail.com
Purpose:
To report the occurrence of two entirely separate choroidal melanomas in the same eye of one patient.
Design:
Observational case report.
Methods:
Retrospective case report from one clinical practice. Two choroidal melanomas were observed to develop in the same eye of one patient.
Results:
An inferonasal choroidal melanoma was diagnosed in the left eye of a 30-year-old woman in 1990. This was successfully treated with proton beam radiotherapy. In 1996, a superotemporal choroidal tumor in the same eye was observed to grow rapidly and it was treated with a ruthenium plaque in 1996. There was a history of cutaneous malignant melanoma.
Conclusions:
It is extremely rare for two choroidal melanomas to develop in one eye, and there may be a genetic predisposition.
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