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Metastatic choroidal melanoma to the contralateral eye: a rare case

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 81 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Uveal melanoma is the most common adult primary intraocular cancer. Although liver metastasis is common to the natural history of the disease, metastasis to the fellow eye is extremely rare. Here we report the case of a 59-year-old man with choroidal melanoma in his right eye who underwent enucl...

Biopsia del ganglio centinela en melanomas en nuestro medio

Prensa méd. argent; 104 (9), 2018
A sentinel node biopsy is a procedure in which the sentinel lymph node is identified, removed and examined to determine whether cancer cells are present. It´s used most commonly in evaluating breast cancer and melanoma. The sentinel nodes are the first few lymph nodes into which a tumor drains. The sent...

Prolonged survival after surgical resection of cerebral metastasis from melanoma with multisystemic metastasis already present: a case report and literature review

Säo Paulo med. j; 136 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Malignant melanoma is the third most common cause of cerebral metastases after breast and lung cancer. Despite advances in therapeutic options, the prognosis for patients with cerebral metastases from melanoma remains poor, with a median survival time of six months after diagnosis. CA...

Complete lymphadenectomy following positive sentinel lymph node biopsy in cutaneous melanoma: a critical review

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (4), 2018
Abstract: Cutaneous melanoma is the solid neoplasia with the highest growing incidence among all tumors. It spreads predictably to the lymphatic vessels and sentinel lymph node, and when the latter is affected the prognosis worsens dramatically. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is considered when thickness of ...

Analysis of patients diagnosed with primary cutaneous melanoma in the last six years in Hospital Erasto Gaertner: epidemiologic profile

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (3), 2018
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Melanoma is one of the conditions with greater increase in incidence worldwide in recent decades. It is a skin cancer with potential high lethality and predominates in Caucasian adults. Treatment of primary cutaneous melanoma is essentially surgical and search for sentinel lymph no...

Melanoma maligno primario atípico de esófago y su manejo quirúrgico: a propósito de un caso clínico

Rev. chil. cir; 70 (1), 2018
Resumen Introducción El melanoma maligno primario de esófago es un tumor raro y muy agresivo. De manejo controversial, el tratamiento quirúrgico es el que predomina en enfermedad localizada. Caso clínico Presentamos el caso de una mujer joven con melanoma maligno primario de esófago de presentaci�...

Melanoma anorrectal: a propósito de un caso
Anorectal melanoma: a case report

Introducción: El melanoma anorrectal es una neoplasia poco frecuente, que posee mal pronóstico debido a lo avanzado de la enfermedad al momento del diagnóstico, con una sobrevida a los cinco años menor al 10%. A diferencia del melanoma cutáneo, hasta el 87% de los melanomas anorrectales pueden ser a...

Indications for eye removal over a 13-year period at an ophthalmology referral center in São Paulo, Brazil

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: To analyze the indications and types of eye removal at Latin America's highest-volume ophthalmic reference center in São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted of surgical pathological reports in the electronic database of the Ophthalmology Department of the U...

Utilidad de imagen de banda estrecha en un caso de melanoma mucoso de septum nasal

En los últimos años, se está utilizando la fibrolaringoscopía con imagen de banda estrecha (NBI) como técnica novedosa para observar el patrón específico de microvas-cularización de una lesión concreta a evaluar. Es conocida por su utilidad en el diagnóstico de otras lesiones de vías aerodiges...

Occult metastatic melanoma presenting as an acute coronary syndrome

Abstract Melanoma is a tumor that virtually involves any tissue and commonly metastasizes to the heart. It is usually not diagnosed because of the absent/nonspecific cardiac signs and symptoms. Herein, we present a case of a 41-year-old man without any cardiovascular risk factor, admitted to the emergenc...