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Local recurrence of uveal melanoma and concomitant brain metastases associated with an activating telomerase promoter mutation seven years after secondary enucleation
Heng JS, Perzia BM, Sinard JH, Pointdujour-Lim R. Local recurrence of uveal melanoma and concomitant brain metastases associated with an activating telomerase promoter mutation seven years after secondary enucleation. American Journal Of Ophthalmology Case Reports 2022, 27: 101607. PMID: 35707052, PMCID: PMC9189986, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConcomitant brain metastasesOptic nerve massRecurrent uveal melanomaLocal recurrenceSecondary enucleationUveal melanomaBrain metastasesSystemic metastasesNerve massMultiple mass lesionsOptic nerve invasionYear old patientNext-generation sequencingSeven yearsNerve invasionExtrascleral extensionGait instabilityMass lesionPrimary tumorPatient historyAnophthalmic socketHigh riskRecurrenceEnucleationMetastasis
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Orbital Melanoma Presenting as Orbital Cellulitis
Fezza J, Chaudhry I, Kwon Y, Grannum E, Sinard J, Wolfley D. Orbital Melanoma Presenting as Orbital Cellulitis. Ophthalmic Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery 1998, 14: 286-289. PMID: 9700739, DOI: 10.1097/00002341-199807000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrbital cellulitisChoroidal melanomaMost choroidal melanomasNecrotic choroidal melanomaSpindle B melanomaIntraocular involvementMelanoma presentingOrbital inflammationPostoperative radiationAcute infectionEpithelioid areasEarly suspicionHistopathologic analysisMelanomaTumorsCellulitisLesionsBest chanceInflammationPatientsPresentingMalignancyEnucleationInfectionSuspicion