title: Giant hanging melanoma of the eyelid skin.
abstract: Cutaneous melanoma of the eyelid is a rare entity. We present a 53-year-old male who had a nevus on the left upper eyelid skin since childhood, which transformed into a huge ulcerated hanging mass in the same region. Excision of the mass was done and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of nodular malignant melanoma. A small preauricular lymph node showed metastatic melanoma on fine needle aspiration cytology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India. pairadharam@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Radha R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Hema
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kini
authors.forename: Sai Giridhar
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kamath
authors.forename: Suneet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery