Solitary Secondary Malignant Melanoma of Clavicle Two Years after Enuclation for Ocular Melanoma

Solitary Secondary Malignant Melanoma of Clavicle Two Years after Enuclation for Ocular Melanoma

Solitary metastasis of uveal melanoma to bone is extremely rare and usually associated with other organ involvement. We present a rare case of an ocular melanoma patient presenting with solitary metastasis to the clavicle two years after enucleation, without any other organ involvement. In this repo...

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Main Authors: Halil Tozum, Korhan Ozkan, Krishna Reddy, Ismail Turkmen, Ufuk Ciloglu, Serkan Senol, Calogero Graci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/591679
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Summary:Solitary metastasis of uveal melanoma to bone is extremely rare and usually associated with other organ involvement. We present a rare case of an ocular melanoma patient presenting with solitary metastasis to the clavicle two years after enucleation, without any other organ involvement. In this report, we tried to present our treatment strategy for the solitary metastasis of bone.
ISSN:2090-6749
2090-6757

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