Consecutive choroidal melanoma in the same eye of a patient.
OBJECTIVE
To report the occurrence of two entirely separate choroidal melanomas in the same eye of one patient.


METHODS
Observational case report.


METHODS
Retrospective case report from one clinical practice. Two choroidal melanomas were observed to develop in the same eye of one patient.


RESULTS
An inferonasal choroidal melanoma was diagnosed in the left eye of a 30-year-old woman in 1990. This was successfully treated with proton beam radiotherapy. In 1996, a superotemporal choroidal tumor in the same eye was observed to grow rapidly and it was treated with a ruthenium plaque in 1996. There was a history of cutaneous malignant melanoma.


CONCLUSIONS
It is extremely rare for two choroidal melanomas to develop in one eye, and there may be a genetic predisposition.
Hadden
Peter W
PW
Liverpool Ocular Oncology Centre, St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, England, United Kingdom. peterandandy@hotmail.com
Damato
Bertil E
BE
D000328:Adult; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography