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Advanced choroidal melanoma with a desirable aesthetic outcome after enucleation: A case report

  • Authors:
    • Chryssa Terzidou
    • Alexandra Trivli
    • Georgios Dalianis
    • Dimitra Apessou
    • Demetrios A. Spandidos
    • George N. Goulielmos
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  • Published online on: May 8, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8661
  • Pages: 511-514
  • Copyright: © Terzidou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Choroidal melanoma is a rare ocular tumor. The present study reports the case of a 66‑year‑old male who presented with chronic headache and progressive visual loss. Physical eye examination and combined A‑ and B-mode ultrasonography detected choroidal melanoma. Due to tumor characteristics the eye was enucleated restoring the orbital volume with a 22 mm intraorbital bioceramic sphere implant. The eye was subjected to histopathological examination that confirmed the choroidal melanoma, 2 cm in diameter and 0.8 cm in elevation, occupying almost half of the globe. Microscopically, the neoplasm comprises mostly of epithelioid cells and fewer Type B spindle cells, with intense pigmentation. AJCC staging for the melanoma was T4b. The patient was fitted with an artificial eye after enucleation. Thirteen months after initial diagnosis, liver metastases were confirmed during his scheduled follow-up.
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Terzidou C, Trivli A, Dalianis G, Apessou D, Spandidos DA and Goulielmos GN: Advanced choroidal melanoma with a desirable aesthetic outcome after enucleation: A case report. Oncol Lett 16: 511-514, 2018
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Terzidou, C., Trivli, A., Dalianis, G., Apessou, D., Spandidos, D.A., & Goulielmos, G.N. (2018). Advanced choroidal melanoma with a desirable aesthetic outcome after enucleation: A case report. Oncology Letters, 16, 511-514. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8661
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Terzidou, C., Trivli, A., Dalianis, G., Apessou, D., Spandidos, D. A., Goulielmos, G. N."Advanced choroidal melanoma with a desirable aesthetic outcome after enucleation: A case report". Oncology Letters 16.1 (2018): 511-514.
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Terzidou, C., Trivli, A., Dalianis, G., Apessou, D., Spandidos, D. A., Goulielmos, G. N."Advanced choroidal melanoma with a desirable aesthetic outcome after enucleation: A case report". Oncology Letters 16, no. 1 (2018): 511-514. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8661