@Article{Gotz-Więckowska1999,
journal="Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia",
issn="1428-2526",
volume="3",
number="3",
year="1999",
title="Malignant melanoma in extrabulbar localization \– selected clinical cases",
abstract="Conjunctival malignant melanoma in relatively rare entity, but \– despite of often small dimensions \– it may threaten patient\’s eye and further life. The purpose of our study was presentation of our 4 patients suffering from extrabulbar melanocitic lesions with atypical and \– in our opinion \– interesting course, which were treated surgically in our Department.   Patients and method : the group of 4 patients (4 eyes) consisted of 2 men and 2 women aged 60\–68 years (mean \– 63 years) were observed.  Three patients underwent local tumor excision, which allowed to preserve the eyeballs, while in one case, because of large dimensions and very rapid growth \– the exenteration had to be performed. Within entire group of patients only one of them was treated previously with another methods of therapy.   Results : within evaluated group of patients only in one case the local recurrence of tumor was found 4 months after initial treatment. During the follow-up period no one of the patients developed generalization of the disease with metastases; conclusions: similar cases in appearance may present different clinical courses as well as diagnosis and may require different methods of treatment; surgical treatment is the method of choice and the possibility of preservation of the globe should be considered in each case as is shown by our follow-up; despite of a long-term course of the disease and different methods of treatment selected cases may not reveal metastases; each patient should be considered individually as to accuracy of diagnosis and the method of therapy.",
author="Gotz-Więckowska, Anna
and Bręborowicz, Danuta
and Kocięcki, Jarosław",
pages="106--109",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Malignant-melanoma-in-extrabulbar-localization-8211-selected-clinical-cases,3,771,1,1.html"
}