Malignant melanoma in eviscerated eyeball

Murthy, Gyanam G MS
Ingole, Avinash B MS
Desai, Sangeeta MD

¹Department of Ophthalmology, BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India
²Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology 32(1):p 103-105, January 2004.

A 65-year-old woman presented with malignant melanoma of the right socket following evisceration of her right eye for ocular trauma 8 years previously. Computed tomography demonstrated a solid mass adjacent to the residual eviscerated eyeball without extraorbital extension. The tumour was removed by total exenteration of the orbit. The clinical and radiological features of this condition, and a review of the literature are presented.