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Complete resection of isolated hepatic metastatic uveal melanoma with a notably long disease-free period: A case report and review of the literature

  • Authors:
    • Shengzhang Lin
    • Dalong Wan
    • Haiyong Chen
    • Kangjie Chen
    • Shusen Zheng

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  • Published online on: May 18, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3217
  • Pages: 196-200

  • Copyright: © Lin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Although uveal melanoma frequently metastasizes to the liver, cases with a large solitary lesion with spontaneous intratumoral hemorrhage and necrosis are rarely encountered. Here, we report a case of metastatic hepatic melanoma that occurred in a 45‑year‑old Chinese male. The patient complained of the feeling of a full stomach for a month. Ten years earlier, the patient had undergone left ocular enucleation and artificial eye implantation at a different hospital. Postoperative pathology revealed choroidal melanoma without intrascleral or vascular involvement. Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography scan revealed a solitary lesion measuring 12 cm in diameter. A whole‑body F‑18‑fluoro‑2‑deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan demonstrated a large solitary nodule with increased FDG uptake. Computed tomography angiography revealed that the huge mass had partially ruptured and was bleeding spontaneously. For diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, right hepatectomy was performed and histological examination revealed that the tumor was metastatic melanoma.
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Lin S, Wan D, Chen H, Chen K and Zheng S: Complete resection of isolated hepatic metastatic uveal melanoma with a notably long disease-free period: A case report and review of the literature. Oncol Lett 10: 196-200, 2015
APA
Lin, S., Wan, D., Chen, H., Chen, K., & Zheng, S. (2015). Complete resection of isolated hepatic metastatic uveal melanoma with a notably long disease-free period: A case report and review of the literature. Oncology Letters, 10, 196-200. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3217
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Lin, S., Wan, D., Chen, H., Chen, K., Zheng, S."Complete resection of isolated hepatic metastatic uveal melanoma with a notably long disease-free period: A case report and review of the literature". Oncology Letters 10.1 (2015): 196-200.
Chicago
Lin, S., Wan, D., Chen, H., Chen, K., Zheng, S."Complete resection of isolated hepatic metastatic uveal melanoma with a notably long disease-free period: A case report and review of the literature". Oncology Letters 10, no. 1 (2015): 196-200. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3217