Surgical removal of solitary hepatic metastasis from choroidal melanoma

GÜNDÜZ A. K., Shields J., Shields C., Sato T., Mastrangelo M.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, cilt.125, sa.3, ss.407-409, 1998 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 125 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 1998
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0002-9394(99)80162-7
  • Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.407-409
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

PURPOSE: To report surgical management of solitary hepatic metastasis that occurred 25 years after an enucleation for uveal melanoma. METHODS: A 16-year-old girl, diagnosed with choroidal melanoma and treated with enucleation, was found 25 years later to have liver metastasis affecting the entire left lobe of the liver. RESULTS: She underwent partial hepatectomy with removal of the metastatic melanoma. Four years later, she was found to have a smaller circumscribed nodular melanoma in the remaining right lobe of the liver, also treated with resection. She has remained disease free for 2 years, with no evidence of systemic disease. CONCLUSION: Surgical excision may be a useful treatment option in selected cases with solitary, circumscribed liver metastasis from uveal melanoma. (C) 1998 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.