Simultaneous appearance of acute myeloid leukemia in a patient with bilateral primary uveal melanoma

Melanoma Res. 2006 Oct;16(5):467-8. doi: 10.1097/01.cmr.0000222596.50309.4c.

Abstract

We report a rare case of a patient with bilateral uveal melanoma (the first eye surgically treated 6 years before the occurrence of melanoma in the contralateral eye), who developed an acute myeloid leukaemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Eye Neoplasms / complications*
  • Eye Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / diagnosis*
  • Melanoma / complications*
  • Melanoma / diagnosis*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnosis*
  • Remission Induction
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Uveal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Uveal Neoplasms / diagnosis*