title: Primary malignant melanoma of the orbit in an African-American man.
abstract: The authors report the third case of primary orbital melanoma in an African American. A 50-year-old black man presented with 1 year of progressive vision loss and swelling of the right lacrimal gland. His presentation, imaging, biopsy, histopathology, and management are presented and the poor prognosis of primary orbital melanoma reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. nick.mahoney@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nicholas R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Mahoney
authors.forename: Tami
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Engleman
authors.forename: Kenneth E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Morgenstern
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D017233:Orbit Evisceration / Q000379:methods; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed