Sequential Bilateral Choroidal Malignant Melanoma With Unique <i>BAP1</i> Positivity Managed With Iodine-125 Plaque Radiotherapy
Uveal melanomas are almost always unilateral. Bilateral presentation is extremely rare, about 1 in 80 million/year. This report presents the case of a 40-year-old man who developed bilateral choroidal melanoma sequentially. The right eye with a <i>de novo</i> juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma was managed with 18-mm notched I125 plaque with full distribution. Eighteen months later, transformation of a choroidal nevus into a melanoma was detected in the fellow eye, and was treated with 12-mm round I125 plaque with full distribution. The patient tested positive for <i>BAP1</i> germline mutation (c.659+1G >A p.?; rs2153227622). After three years of follow-up, both tumors were regressed and the patient was receiving immunotherapy for related liver metastasis.
Authors
- Samuray Tuncer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7491-8613)
- Orkun Gürbüz
- Demet Akdeniz Ödemiş (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2271-8481)
- G. Kemikler
- Ecem Üstündas Uzun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3689-941X)
- Carol L. Shields
Institutions
- Radiation Oncology Institute (US)
- Istinye University (TR)
- Istanbul University (TR)
- Wills Eye Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3928/23258160-20250805-01
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Oncology and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00