"Posterior fossa lesion 45 years after ocular trauma".
We describe a patient who developed an isolated brain metastasis four years after his right eye was treated for conjunctival melanoma by excision and local chemotherapy. He had a history of ipsilateral ocular trauma by coal stuff while working in a mining industry. Conjunctival melanoma represents only 1.6% of all non-cutaneous melanoma. Metastasis of this kind of neoplasm to brain is a rare event, especially without evidence of prior or concurrent regional lymph node involvement.
Gutiérrez Morales
Julio César
JC
Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
Gutiérrez Morales
Sandra Eugenia
SE
González
Aurora Astudillo
AA
D000368:Aged; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000473:pathology*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods