A challenging case of ocular melanoma

Rom J Morphol Embryol. 2015;56(2 Suppl):817-22.

Abstract

Ocular melanoma is a rare malignancy found in clinical practice. In this paper, we present a case of highly aggressive ocular melanoma, which was surgically removed at the Department of Ophthalmology and diagnosed at the Department of Pathology, Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, using conventional histopathological techniques. Uveal melanoma, a subset of ocular melanoma, has a distinct behavior in comparison to cutaneous melanoma and has a widely divergent prognosis. Approximately half of patients with ocular melanoma will develop metastatic disease, predominantly with hepatic, pulmonary or cerebral location, over a 10 to 15 years period. No systemic therapy was associated with an evident clinical outcome for patients with advanced disease and overall survival rate remains poor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Proliferation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Melanoma / diagnosis*
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Melanoma / surgery*
  • Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Orbital Neoplasms / pathology
  • Orbital Neoplasms / surgery
  • Prognosis
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Time Factors
  • Uveal Melanoma
  • Uveal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Uveal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Uveal Neoplasms / surgery*