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: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/591679
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author Halil Tozum
Korhan Ozkan
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-91511db4433f4d8c94884811d44766682025-02-03T01:03:32ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572013-01-01201310.1155/2013/591679591679Solitary Secondary Malignant Melanoma of Clavicle Two Years after Enuclation for Ocular MelanomaHalil Tozum0Korhan Ozkan1Krishna Reddy2Ismail Turkmen3Ufuk Ciloglu4Serkan Senol5Calogero Graci6Department of Thoracic Surgery, ISMU Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 34732 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, ISMU Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 34732 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Musculoskeletal Oncology, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmigham B31 2AP, UKDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, ISMU Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 34732 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Pathology, ISMU Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet, 34732 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, ItalySolitary 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/591679
spellingShingle Halil Tozum
Korhan Ozkan
Krishna Reddy
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Ufuk Ciloglu
Serkan Senol
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Solitary Secondary Malignant Melanoma of Clavicle Two Years after Enuclation for Ocular Melanoma
Case Reports in Orthopedics
title Solitary Secondary Malignant Melanoma of Clavicle Two Years after Enuclation for Ocular Melanoma
title_full Solitary Secondary Malignant Melanoma of Clavicle Two Years after Enuclation for Ocular Melanoma
title_fullStr Solitary Secondary Malignant Melanoma of Clavicle Two Years after Enuclation for Ocular Melanoma
title_full_unstemmed Solitary Secondary Malignant Melanoma of Clavicle Two Years after Enuclation for Ocular Melanoma
title_short Solitary Secondary Malignant Melanoma of Clavicle Two Years after Enuclation for Ocular Melanoma
title_sort solitary secondary malignant melanoma of clavicle two years after enuclation for ocular melanoma
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