Conjunctival Melanoma in a 55 Year Old Male Nigerian: A Case Report
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Date
2006
Authors
Anonubi, C C
Akinsola, F B
Abdulkareem, FB
Aribaba, O T
Anyiam, D C D
Daramola, A O
Banjo, A A F
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Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal
Abstract
Background: Conjunctival melanoma is a rare occurrence in the Negroid race.
Purpose: To report a case of a 55 year old security man with right conjunctival melanoma.
Method: A 55 old man was operated on to remove a pigmented right bulbar conjuctival growth. The specimen was submitted to Lagos University Teaching Hospital Lagos and Harold Wood Hospital England for histopathologic examination and confirmation.
Results: Surgery was successful and histopathologic and immunohistochemical studies confirmed a diagnosis of a nodular malignant melanoma.
Conclusion: The need for the provision of definitive investigative tool (immunohistochemical studies) to facilitate definitive diagnosis and management of such cases in some recognised centres in Nigeria cannot be overemphasised.
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Niger Postgrad Med J . 2006 Dec;13(4):366-9.