Metastasis of Ciliary Body Melanoma to the Contralateral Eye: A Case Report and Review of Uveal Melanoma Literature
Many types of cancers metastasize to the eye. However, uveal melanoma metastasizing to the contralateral choroid is very rare. We report the case of a 68-year-old man with history of treated uveal melanoma of the right eye that developed metastasis to the liver and the choroid of the left eye. Ten y...
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| description | Many types of cancers metastasize to the eye. However, uveal melanoma metastasizing to the contralateral choroid is very rare. We report the case of a 68-year-old man with history of treated uveal melanoma of the right eye that developed metastasis to the liver and the choroid of the left eye. Ten years earlier, he was diagnosed to have uveal melanoma of the right eye and was initially treated with plaque radiotherapy. Two years later, upon progression of the disease in the right eye he had enucleation of the eye. We describe the patient’s clinical history, the diagnosis of recurrent disease in the contralateral eye, therapy of the left eye, and systemic metastasis. In addition, we reviewed the published medical literature and described the recent advances in the management of uveal melanoma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-006bf9e0923747379fcaa5666b6e0cdd2025-02-03T01:11:11ZengWileyCase Reports in Oncological Medicine2090-67062090-67142015-01-01201510.1155/2015/427163427163Metastasis of Ciliary Body Melanoma to the Contralateral Eye: A Case Report and Review of Uveal Melanoma LiteratureNouritza M. Torossian0Roy T. Wallace1Wen-Jen Hwu2Agop Y. Bedikian3Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse Oncopole, Toulouse, FranceRetina Consultants of Nashville, Nashville, TN, USAMD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USAMD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USAMany types of cancers metastasize to the eye. However, uveal melanoma metastasizing to the contralateral choroid is very rare. We report the case of a 68-year-old man with history of treated uveal melanoma of the right eye that developed metastasis to the liver and the choroid of the left eye. Ten years earlier, he was diagnosed to have uveal melanoma of the right eye and was initially treated with plaque radiotherapy. Two years later, upon progression of the disease in the right eye he had enucleation of the eye. We describe the patient’s clinical history, the diagnosis of recurrent disease in the contralateral eye, therapy of the left eye, and systemic metastasis. In addition, we reviewed the published medical literature and described the recent advances in the management of uveal melanoma.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/427163 |
| spellingShingle | Nouritza M. Torossian Roy T. Wallace Wen-Jen Hwu Agop Y. Bedikian Metastasis of Ciliary Body Melanoma to the Contralateral Eye: A Case Report and Review of Uveal Melanoma Literature Case Reports in Oncological Medicine |
| title | Metastasis of Ciliary Body Melanoma to the Contralateral Eye: A Case Report and Review of Uveal Melanoma Literature |
| title_full | Metastasis of Ciliary Body Melanoma to the Contralateral Eye: A Case Report and Review of Uveal Melanoma Literature |
| title_fullStr | Metastasis of Ciliary Body Melanoma to the Contralateral Eye: A Case Report and Review of Uveal Melanoma Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metastasis of Ciliary Body Melanoma to the Contralateral Eye: A Case Report and Review of Uveal Melanoma Literature |
| title_short | Metastasis of Ciliary Body Melanoma to the Contralateral Eye: A Case Report and Review of Uveal Melanoma Literature |
| title_sort | metastasis of ciliary body melanoma to the contralateral eye a case report and review of uveal melanoma literature |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/427163 |
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