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Implantation and Evaluation of Melanoma in the Murine Choroid via Optical Coherence Tomography
Published on: December 2, 2022
Choroidal melanoma and lid fibrofoliculomas in Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
Irene Canal Fontcuberta1, Diva R Salomão, Polly A Quiram
1Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Background:
Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome (BHDS) is a rare inherited genodermatosis that predisposes patients to develop skin fibrofolliculomas, lung cysts, pneumothorax, and bilateral renal cancer.
Methods:
Observational case report.
Results:
We describe a case of choroidal melanoma and multiple lid folliculomas in a 63 years old patient with BHDS.
Conclusions:
A variety of different tumors have been described associated with BHDS. This is the first case report of a patient with BHDS developing choroidal melanoma. Careful examination of the lids is important to identify fibrofolliculomas.
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