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Conjunctival melanoma in a 55 year old male Nigerian: a case report
C C Anonubi1, F B Akinsola, F B Abdulkareem
1Department of Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy, Lagos University Teaching Hospital and the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. dozieanunobi@yahoo.com
Background:
Conjunctival melanoma is a rare occurrence in the Negroid race.
Purpose:
To report a case of a 55 year old security man with right conjunctival melanoma.
Method:
A 55 old man was operated on to remove a pigmented right bulbar conjuctival growth. The specimen was submitted to Lagos University Teaching Hospital Lagos and Harold Wood Hospital England for histopathologic examination and confirmation.
Results:
Surgery was successful and histopathologic and immunohistochemical studies confirmed a diagnosis of a nodular malignant melanoma.
Conclusion:
The need for the provision of definitive investigative tool (immunohistochemical studies) to facilitate definitive diagnosis and management of such cases in some recognised centres in Nigeria cannot be overemphasised.
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