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  • Title: Prolonged survival after resection of liver metastases from uveal melanoma and intra-arterial chemotherapy.
    Author: Kodjikian L, Grange JD, Rivoire M.
    Journal: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol; 2005 Jun; 243(6):622-4. PubMed ID: 15650857.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: To report the protracted 9-year survival of a patient after surgical management of multiple liver metastases from uveal melanoma. DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHODS: A 30-year-old patient, treated for choroidal melanoma by proton beam therapy, was semiannually followed by abdominal ultrasonography. Two years after initial treatment, a total body computed tomography scan suggested the diagnosis of isolated liver metastases. RESULTS: Multiple wedge resections and postoperative intra-arterial chemotherapy with fotemustine were performed. After 4 years, a metastatic nodule in the head of the pancreas was detected and surgically removed. Eighteen months later, metastases were progressively detected in other organs. The patient finally died of carcinomatous meningitis 9 years of first treatment of metastases. CONCLUSIONS: In the present case, the surgical control of liver metastases associated with intra-arterial chemotherapy prolonged the quality and length of life with progressive disease extension to other organs.
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