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Giorgio Gherardi, MD; Paolo Scherini, MA Biol Sci; Salvatore Ambrosi, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1985;103(5):689-691.

Abstract
• A localized and asymptomatic metastasis from an untreated choroidal melanoma developed in the thyroid and was incidentally discovered by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Since metastases from uveal melanoma usually are absent at the time of clinical diagnosis but occur much later in highly predictable sites, the finding of a distant blood-borne metastasis in such an early phase and in the thyroid is very unusual, as illustrated by a review of the literature.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pathology and Cytopathology, Sondrio (Italy) Civil Hospital.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 20, 1984.

Reprint requests to Servizio di Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale Civile, 23100 Sondrio, Italy (Dr Gherardi).

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