A case of unusual metastasis of melanoma of conjunctiva
ABSTRACT This article describes a clinical case of melanoma of conjunctiva of the upper eyelid of a woman born in 1911. The patient had received a course of external radiotherapy of the primary tumor and plaque brachytherapy tumor recurrences (at 1 and 6 years from the start of treatment). Howev...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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Publishing house "Ophthalmology"
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Офтальмохирургия |
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| Online Access: | http://www.eyepress.ru/article.aspx?12798 |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT
This article describes a clinical case of melanoma of conjunctiva of the upper eyelid of a woman born in 1911. The patient had received a course of external radiotherapy of the primary tumor and plaque brachytherapy tumor recurrences (at 1 and 6 years from the start of treatment). However, after 7 years from the start of treatment, against the background of local remission, the patient had conjunctival melanoma metastasis was found in the choroid of the contralateral eye. |
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| ISSN: | 0235-4160 0235-4160 |