Malignant melanoma of the orbit in a black patient with ocular melanocytosis.
Ocular melanocytosis has been associated with an increased incidence of choroidal melanomas in white patients. Recently reported was a case of a choroidal melanoma in a black patient with oculodermal melanocytosis. We treated a case of an orbital malignant melanoma arising in a black patient with ocular melanocytosis.
D000293:Adolescent; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008544:Melanocytes; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000150:complications*