title: [Keratectomy for a malignant melanoma of the cornea].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the possibility of malignant melanoma treatment of the cornea using keratectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 59-year old woman with a primary malignant melanoma of the cornea. Visual acuity before surgery 0.2. Malignant melanoma was removed using keratectomy. Follow-up 18 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Satisfactory cosmetic result and visual acuity 1.0 was obtained. In 18 months follow-up no local or general symptoms of tumor recurrence are observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Keratectomy should be considered as an alternative treatment for primary malignant melanoma of the cornea.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Okulistycznego Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego im. sw. Barbary w Sosnowcu.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Romaniuk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wylegała
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kozioł
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tarnawska
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krysik
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szczurek
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*