Amelanotic corneal melanoma after a blast injury

PURPOSE: To report a case of a corneal melanoma after trauma. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: A 68-year-old man sustained an ocular injury from a blast furnace explosion in 1958, In 1998, he underwent a penetrating keratoplasty for a c orneal scar. Histologic examination and cell markers of the host button rev ealed intrastromal and subepithelial melanoma, No clinical or microscopic e vidence of adjacent conjunctival or uveal melanoma was found. CONCLUSION: Melanoma of the cornea can present as a stromal opacity after t rauma. (Am J Ophthalmol 2001; 131:259-260, (C) 2001 by Elsevier Science Inc . All rights reserved.).