| Past Issue | Volume 8, Number 4, August 2006 | | Conjunctival Malignant Melanoma Arising from Caruncle Naevus |
Tajunisah Iqbal,1 Sagili Chandrasekhara Reddy,1 Ahmad Fauzi,1 Pailoor Jayalakshmi2
1Department of Ophthalmology, and 2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A 47-year-old man presented with a naevus in the caruncle of the right eye since childhood, which transformed into malignant melanoma of the conjunctiva. Investigations for disseminated melanoma were negative. Despite exenteration of the right orbit, the patient developed secondary metastases in a cervical lymph node and died 9 months later. This patient is reported in view of the rarity of malignant melanoma of the conjunctiva arising from the caruncle.
Key words: Conjunctiva, Melanoma, Naevus
Asian J Ophthalmol 2006;8:156-8.
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