Combined surgery and cryotherapy for melanoma of the conjunctiva: 37 months' follow-up.
A patient with large conjunctival melanoma in the superior fornix is described. The disease was treated by excision of the mass combined with cryotherapy delivered to the surrounding flat intraepithelial areas of involvement. The patient was free from local recurrence and metastatic spread for 37 months after surgery.
Institute of Ophthalmology, Phisiopathology Optics, University of Perugia, Italy.
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D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D017679:Cryotherapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome