title: Primary malignant melanoma of the lacrimal sac.
abstract: A case report of a primary malignant melanoma of the lacrimal sac is presented. After excision a local recurrence appeared one year later. Wide, but incomplete excision and postoperative irradiation resulted in local tumour control for 4 years. The patient succumbed to a uremic death caused by a rectal cancer removed 3 years before the occurrence of the malignant melanoma.
authors.affiliation: University Eye Department, National Hospital, Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eide
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Refsum
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local