Uveal malignant melanoma in three generations of the same family.

PubMed ID: 507144

Author(s): Walker JP, Weiter JJ, Albert DM, Osborn EL, Weichselbaum RR. Uveal malignant melanoma in three generations of the same family. Am J Ophthalmol. 1979 Oct;88(4):723-6. PMID 507144

Journal: American Journal Of Ophthalmology, Volume 88, Issue 4, Oct 1979

Three patients in three successive generations from the same family had choroidal malignant melanoma. The third generation patient had multiple primary malignancies; his siblings also had multiple malignancies. Chromosome studies of the third generation patient revealed no abnormality. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second such pedigree reported.