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PURPOSE: To describe three Hispanic patients with oculodermal melanocytosis and uveal melanoma. METHOD: Case series. RESULTS: Three Hispanic patients with oculodermal melanocytosis and uveal melanoma underwent enucleation. The diagnosis of choroidal melanoma was confirmed by histopathologic examination. CONCLUSION: In the Hispanic population, uveal melanoma can occur in the presence of oculodermal melanocytosis.
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Neoplasias da Coroide/etnologia , Neoplasias Faciais/etnologia , Hispânico ou Latino , Melanoma/etnologia , Neoplasias Primárias Múltiplas/etnologia , Nevo de Ota/etnologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/etnologia , Adulto , Neoplasias da Coroide/patologia , Neoplasias da Coroide/cirurgia , Enucleação Ocular , Neoplasias Faciais/patologia , Neoplasias Faciais/cirurgia , Evolução Fatal , Feminino , Humanos , Melanoma/patologia , Melanoma/cirurgia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias Primárias Múltiplas/patologia , Neoplasias Primárias Múltiplas/cirurgia , Nevo de Ota/patologia , Nevo de Ota/cirurgia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/cirurgia , População BrancaRESUMO
A descriptive analysis was performed of the Tumor Registry data for malignant melanoma in Hispanics ascertained by the Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH), University of Miami School of Medicine Tumor Registry. A total of 54 cases of melanoma in Hispanics was collected and reviewed. Most of the lesions of melanoma occurred on the trunk, arm, shoulder, leg, and hip. Seventy percent of the Hispanics presented with local stage disease; 26% presented with both regional and distant disease. Local stage had the best 5-year survival (87%). In regional and distant disease combined, the survival was better for Hispanics than non-Hispanics (p = 0.01). In addition, it was found that the Hispanics in the over 50-year-old age group did better than the non-Hispanics in the same group (p = 0.05). Comparison of survival between Hispanic males and females shows that Hispanic females have a 5-year survival of 86% compared to 56% for Hispanic males (p = 0.017).