An Orbital Malignant Melanoma Arising in Cellular Blue Nevus in a Patient with Nevus of Ota
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An Orbital Malignant Melanoma Arising in Cellular Blue Nevus in a Patient with Nevus of Ota
Melanomas arising from orbital melanocytic proliferations are exceedingly rare. Many questions remain regarding their development and malignant transformation. We report on a 45-year-old Caucasian woman with a nevus of Ota that presented with visual disturbances involving her right eye and was found to have a biopsy-proven cellular blue nevus in the orbital space. Five years later, she presente...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.698