Journal of Clinical Pathology 2007;60:834-835
CASE REPORT
Malignant melanoma of the ciliary body presenting as extraocular metastasis in the temporalis muscle
1 Department of Plastic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
2 Department of Ophthalmology, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
3 Department of Neuropathology, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
Correspondence to:
Dr Henna Anu-Liisa Oittinen
Department of Plastic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland; henna.oittinen@gmx.net
Accepted 19 January 2006
Keywords: ciliary body melanoma; lymphocytic response; melanocytoma; metastasis; satellite-spread
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
A man in his 30s presented with an 18-month history of a painless 3x4 cm mass in his left temporalis muscle which had grown rapidly in the previous month. There were no neurological or ocular symptoms. Past medical history was unremarkable. The mass was excised and showed a metastatic pigmented malignant melanoma. Immunocytochemistry using antibodies HMB45 and MelanA were both positive. Postoperatively, the patient underwent adjuvant radiotherapy.
In search for a primary source an in situ superficial spreading pigmented malignant melanoma of the left leg was removed but was not regarded as the primary lesion. Ophthalmological examination detected a pigmented mass in the inferotemporal quadrant of the left iris/ciliary body with pigmented cells seeding the vitreous. Intraocular pressure of the left eye was markedly raised, and the iris architecture was distorted. Fundoscopy showed multiple hyperpigmented choroidal foci involving the posterior pole of the left eye (fig 1A
).
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
- Full Text
- Full Text (PDF)
-
All Versions of this Article:
jcp.2005.033613v1
60/7/834 most recent - Submit a response
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when eLetters are posted
- Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in this journal
- Similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
- PubMed Citation
- Articles by Oittinen, H. A.-L.
- Articles by Keohane, C.
- Pubmed/NCBI databases
Medline Plus Health Information 
Melanoma
Topic Collections
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
