A Case of the Primary Malignant Melanoma in Conjunctiva.

Oh, Soon Won; Lee, Eun Joo

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1969;10(4):19-21.

A Case of the Primary Malignant Melanoma in Conjunctiva.

Soon Won Oh, Eun Joo Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womens University, Korea.

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이명수 , 오순원 , 이은주

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is considered as one of the tumor originated from precancerous melanosis and predilected in the iris and choroid. The Authors experienced a case of malignant melanoma affecting the upper palpebral conjunctiva in 39 year old female. The tumor mass was excised radically and followed by X-Ray therapy. Slight opacities of lens body is developed after X-ray irradiation.

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