Table 1 Description of CT findings in primary malignant melanoma of the lacrimal sac
case | references | CT density | extending area | bone destruction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lloyd and Leone (1984) [5] | STM | a | a |
2 | Eide et al. (1993) [6] | STM | a | no |
3 | Owens et al. (1995) [7] | STM | ND and IM | a |
4 | Levine et al. (1996) [8] | STM | a | no |
5 | TY Malik et al. (1997) [9] | STM | a | no |
6 | Fishman and Ophir (1999) [10] | STM | ND, IM and NC | a |
7 | Lee et al. (2001)[11] | STM | ND and IM | a |
8 | Billing et al. (2003) [12] | STM | ND | no |
9 | Tello et al. (2004)[13] | STM | ND | no |
10 | Gleizal et al. (2005) [4] | STM | a | no |
11 | Nam et al. (2006)[14] | STM | ND and MOW | a |
12 | Lewis et al. (2006)[15] | STM | ND | no |
13 | Sitole et al. (2007)[16] | STM | a | posterior lacrimal duct wall |
14 | Heindl et al. (2008)[17] | STM | ND and NC | no |
15 | Li et al. (2012) [18] | STM | MOW | nasolacrimal canal and inferior turbinate |
16 | Maegawa et al. (2014) [19] | STM | ND and IM | a |
17 | Ren et al. (2014) [20] | STM | a | no |
18 | Pujari et al. (2014) [21] | isodense | a | anterior lacrimal crests infiltration |
19 | McGrath et al. (2016) [1] | STM | a | the lateral wall of upper nasal canal and anterior ethmoidal air cells |
20 | Kavoussi et al. (2016) [22] | STM | a | ethmoid sinuses |
21 | Present case | Isodense, slightly high | ND and AES | ND |