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Multiple conjunctival metastases as the initial sign of metastatic uveal melanoma
E Z Blumenthal1, H Garzozi, J Bahir
1Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Purpose:
To describe a 31-year-old patient who was initially examined with a uveal malignant melanoma metastatic to the ipsilateral conjunctiva.
Method:
Thirteen months after ruthenium 106 plaque therapy for a ciliochoroidal malignant melanoma, numerous pigmented conjunctival lesions first appeared.
Results:
These lesions were excised and found to be metastases of melanoma to the superficial subepithelial conjunctival tissue, composed of epithelioid cells.
Conclusion:
The appearance of darkly pigmented conjunctival lesions in a patient known to harbor a uveal malignant melanoma, even though lacking any evidence of extrascleral extension or metastatic involvement, may indicate metastatic disease.