A case of choroidal melanoma metastatic to the breast

A 61-year old woman developed blurred vision in her left eye in December 2006. A clinical diagnosis of choroidal melanoma was made. The patient received excision of the lense and vitrectomy and stereotactic radiation treatment with a dose of 25 Gy in February 2007. She remained systemically healthy until 50 months later, when during a CT scan, performed for staging purposes a newly visible lump in the lower quadrant of her left breast was noticed. Ultrasonography and mammography demonstrated a sharply bounded, circumscribed lesion measuring 10.1 by 6.7 mm. Core needle biopsy of the lesion in the left breast was…