title: Perineural Invasion of the Orbit by Neurotropic Nondesmoplastic Melanoma.
abstract: The authors report a case of neurotropic nondesmoplastic melanoma involving the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve and the cavernous sinus in a patient with recurrent scalp melanoma. This case highlights the importance of earlier diagnosis of local recurrence of melanoma and the rare association of neurotropic melanoma and orbital metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Adelaide and the South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology, Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: Su Jen
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chua
authors.forename: Michelle T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Shyamala C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Huilgol
authors.forename: Dinesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Selva
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009915:Orbit; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D000096142:Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma