[Melanoma of the eyelid margin: clinical management and oncopathologic study].
OBJECTIVE
A 57 year-old male patient with a very pigmented tumor of the margin of the upper lid and two months of evolution is presented. After its excision and histopathological study, the diagnose was nodular melanoma.


CONCLUSIONS
We expose the treatment and clinical management of this unfrequent pathology. Different clinical features and other locations in the eyelid are discussed regarding the prognosis.
Arrevola Velasco L
Instituto Oftálmico, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
Domingo Gordo B
Acero Peña A
Fernández De Castro Pombo J
Martínez Montero JC
D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged