DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i09.032

Pages: 2143-2145

Conjunctival melanoma is relatively rare aggressive malignant tumor. Its incidence in the white population is estimated at 0.2 to 0.8 per million. Its management consists on surgical excision, cryotherapy, and eventually radiotherapy or local chemotherapy. UV rays are largely incriminated in the pathogenesis of melanoma, while the role of trauma is still a subject of controversy; this hypothesis of trauma is reinforced by the presence of melanomas in areas with low exposure to sunlight. We report a case of conjunctival melanoma evolving at the site of previous ocular trauma.