Brain metastasis from ocular malignant melanoma: a case report of a brain secondary lesion occurring 5 years after the primary lesion treatment

Ocular melanomas account for about 3.7% of all cases of melanoma and are the least common tumours of this organ. In the melanoma of the eye, distant metastases are common, and they occur in about half of the patients. The period from the occurrence of the primary to secondary change is 4–5 years [1]. Most often they are located in the liver, less often in lungs. Brain metastases from ocular malignant melanoma are very rare and usually observed with parallel occurrences of the liver [2]. In this paper we present a case of brain metastasis from choroidal melanoma, which occurred 5 years after the primary lesion treatment