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Two cases of BRAF‐mutated, bulbar conjunctival melanoma, and review of the published literature

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We describe two patients with BRAF‐mutated melanoma of the epithelioid cell type arising from primary acquired melanosis with severe atypia of the right bulbar conjunctiva. Patient 1 was a 71‐year‐old… Click to show full abstract

We describe two patients with BRAF‐mutated melanoma of the epithelioid cell type arising from primary acquired melanosis with severe atypia of the right bulbar conjunctiva. Patient 1 was a 71‐year‐old Japanese man. After adjuvant cryotherapy and enucleation of the right eyeball, therapy with vemurafenib was administered for a distant metastasis to a lumbar vertebra, accompanied by erythema multiforme and two keratinous tumours. The patient died due to metastases to the liver and multiple vertebrae, despite therapy with nivolumab and combination therapy with dabrafenib plus trametinib. Patient 2 was a 72‐year‐old Japanese man. After adjuvant cryotherapy, periodic mitomycin C eye drops, and excision of the superficial portion of the right parotid gland and the dissection of cervical lymph nodes, he was treated with adjuvant combination therapy with dabrafenib plus trametinib. Dermatologists should be familiar with BRAF‐mutated conjunctival melanoma, which is usually located on the bulbar conjunctiva and associated with more frequent distant metastasis.

Keywords: bulbar; braf mutated; two cases; conjunctival melanoma; therapy

Journal Title: Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
Year Published: 2019

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