Conjunctival melanoma in a 55 year old male Nigerian: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Conjunctival melanoma is a rare occurrence in the Negroid race.


OBJECTIVE
To report a case of a 55 year old security man with right conjunctival melanoma.


METHODS
A 55 old man was operated on to remove a pigmented right bulbar conjuctival growth. The specimen was submitted to Lagos University Teaching Hospital Lagos and Harold Wood Hospital England for histopathologic examination and confirmation.


RESULTS
Surgery was successful and histopathologic and immunohistochemical studies confirmed a diagnosis of a nodular malignant melanoma.


CONCLUSIONS
The need for the provision of definitive investigative tool (immunohistochemical studies) to facilitate definitive diagnosis and management of such cases in some recognised centres in Nigeria cannot be overemphasised.
Anonubi
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Department of Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy, Lagos University Teaching Hospital and the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. dozieanunobi@yahoo.com
Akinsola
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Abdulkareem
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Aribaba
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Anyiam
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Daramola
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Banjo
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D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria