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Surgical removal of solitary hepatic metastasis from choroidal melanoma
K Gündüz1, J A Shields, C L Shields
1Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Purpose:
To report surgical management of solitary hepatic metastasis that occurred 25 years after an enucleation for uveal melanoma.
Methods:
A 16-year-old girl, diagnosed with choroidal melanoma and treated with enucleation, was found 25 years later to have liver metastasis affecting the entire left lobe of the liver.
Results:
She underwent partial hepatectomy with removal of the metastatic melanoma. Four years later, she was found to have a smaller circumscribed nodular melanoma in the remaining right lobe of the liver, also treated with resection. She has remained disease-free for 2 years, with no evidence of systemic disease.
Conclusion:
Surgical excision may be a useful treatment option in selected cases with solitary, circumscribed liver metastasis from uveal melanoma.