Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma and Bilateral Retinoblastomas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Abstract

Retinoblastoma survivors following successful treatment have a predilection to develop other malignant neoplasms. This report describes a patient with bilateral retinoblastomas diagnosed and treated early in life, who developed cutaneous malignant melanoma 20 years later. In out review of the literature only 5 cases with this association have been reported. We would like to report the sixth case.

Key Words:

• malignant melanoma
• retinoblastoma