A Rare Case of Conjunctival Melanoma with Orbital Invasion

Authors

  • Lina Maria Guerra-Perez Universidad del Valle; Ocular Health Research Group, Grupo de Investigación en Salud Ocular (GISOC-UV), Hospital Universitario del Valle, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
  • Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar Universidad del Valle; Ocular Health Research Group, Grupo de Investigación en Salud Ocular (GISOC-UV), Hospital Universitario del Valle, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia; Clinical Research and Translational Science University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Ophthalmology Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Science to Serve the Community, SCISCO Foundation/Fundación SCISCO, Cali, Colombia
  • Omar Salamanca Universidad del Valle; Ocular Health Research Group, Grupo de Investigación en Salud Ocular (GISOC-UV), Hospital Universitario del Valle, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
  • Alexander Martínez-Blanco Universidad del Valle; Ocular Health Research Group, Grupo de Investigación en Salud Ocular (GISOC-UV), Hospital Universitario del Valle, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
  • Carolina Alarcon-Arciniegas Universidad del Valle; Ocular Health Research Group, Grupo de Investigación en Salud Ocular (GISOC-UV), Hospital Universitario del Valle, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Keywords:

Conjunctival Melanoma, Orbital Invasion

Abstract

Letter to the editor about disparities in healthcare, despite that Nepal and Colombia are countries with very different economies both have patients with eye tumors in advanced stages without adequate follow-up such as the one described in the case in discussion.

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Published

2020-10-06

How to Cite

A Rare Case of Conjunctival Melanoma with Orbital Invasion. (2020). Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology, 12(2), 352-354. https://doi.org/10.3126/nepjoph.v12i2.29461

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Letter to the Editor

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How to Cite

A Rare Case of Conjunctival Melanoma with Orbital Invasion. (2020). Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology, 12(2), 352-354. https://doi.org/10.3126/nepjoph.v12i2.29461