Surgical treatment of liver metastasis with uveal melanoma:A case report

作     者：Young-Hun Kim Nam-Kyu Choi 

作者机构：Department of SurgeryChosun University HospitalGwangju Metropolitan City 61453South Korea Department of SurgeryDivision of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver TransplantationChosun University HospitalGwangju Metropolitan City 61453South Korea 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)

年 卷 期：2021年第9卷第28期

页      面：8498-8503页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Uveal melanoma Metastatic melanoma Liver metastasis Hepatectomy Prognosis Case report 

摘      要：BACKGROUND Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular malignant tumor affecting the eyes in *** half of all primary uveal melanoma tumors metastasize;yet,there are currently no effective treatments for metastatic uveal *** the time of diagnosis,less than 4%of patients with uveal melanoma have detectable metastatic *** melanoma disseminates hematogenously,with the most common site of metastasis being liver(93%),followed by lung(24%)and bone(16%).CASE SUMMARY A 57-year-old woman was diagnosed with a dysplastic nevus on her eyelid,which was histologically confirmed as malignant melanoma after *** patient had no evidence of metastasis to other organs and received both radiation therapy and *** systemic treatment,a metastatic left neck lymph node was found and another round of chemotherapy was performed after *** emission tomography-Computed Tomography tracking after completion of chemotherapy revealed two metastatic liver *** patient underwent partial liver resection and showed no signs of recurrence at 1 year after *** Surgery is an effective treatment for metastatic uveal *** patients with liver metastatic lesions,hepatectomy improves outcome.