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Choroidal melanoma metastasizing to maxillofacial bones

2007; BioMed Central; Volume: 5; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/1477-7819-5-30

1477-7819

Manoj Pandey, Om Prakash, Anitha Mathews, Nileena Nayak, K. Ramachandran,

Melanoma and MAPK Pathways

Melanomas are malignant neoplasm of melanocytic origin, commonly seen on skin and various mucous membranes. Melanomas are the commonest intraocular malignant tumour in the adults.A 50-year-old female presented with complains of painless progressive swelling in right cheek region of two months duration. Examination revealed a 6 x 4 cm bony hard swelling in right zygomatic region near and below lateral canthus of right eye with loss of vision. Investigations revealed it to be a choroidal melanoma metastasizing to the zygomatic bone. Patient was successfully treated by surgery.Choroidal melanoma, which commonly metastasizes to liver and lungs, never involves the lymph nodes and metastasis to facial bones is rare. Here we report a case of choroidal melanoma metastasizing to maxillofacial bones.