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Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery:
November/December 2008 - Volume 24 - Issue 6 - pp 475-477
doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31818d1ded
Brief Reports

Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Orbit in an African-American Man

Mahoney, Nicholas R. M.D.; Engleman, Tami M.D.; Morgenstern, Kenneth E. M.D., F.A.C.S.

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Abstract

The authors report the third case of primary orbital melanoma in an African American. A 50-year-old black man presented with 1 year of progressive vision loss and swelling of the right lacrimal gland. His presentation, imaging, biopsy, histopathology, and management are presented and the poor prognosis of primary orbital melanoma reviewed.

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