Two different primary ophthalmic cancers in a 39-year-old female patient

Oftalmologia. 1994 Jul-Sep;38(3):205-15.

Abstract

The clinical and histopathological findings are described in a 39-year-old female patient with two different primary ophthalmic cancers, involving the adnexa and ocular globe of the same eye. The first primary tumor was a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the left lower eyelid aggressively invading the nasogenian region, bulbar conjunctiva, episclera, and the cornea over a 36-year follow-up period. The second primary cancer was an unsuspected choroidal malignant melanoma unexpectedly found at histology. The possible correlations between these two malignancies are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Choroid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Choroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Chronic Disease
  • Eye / pathology
  • Eye Enucleation
  • Eyelid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Eyelid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology*
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / surgery
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Melanoma / surgery
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Time Factors