title: [Conjunctival melanoma and xeroderma pigmentosum, a rare association].
abstract: Ocular involvement in the xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) can be located on the eyelids, conjunctiva or cornea. Malignant melanoma of the conjunctiva is a rare tumor, and even more so in children. Only five cases associated with XP have been published since 1960. We report a sixth case occurring in a girl aged 14. Surgical treatment consisted of an orbital exenteration extended to the eyelids and the evolution is marked by a good healing of the orbital cavity without local recurrence after four months.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, CHU Hassan II, Fès, Maroc. cherdoc@hotmail.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Benatiya Andaloussi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdellaoui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tahri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017233:Orbit Evisceration; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery