Abstract
Malignant melanoma of the eyelid skin arises from the malignant proliferation of melanocytes. Primary melanomas of the eyelid skin are rare. They account for <1% of all cutaneous malignant melanoma and about 1% of malignant eye tumors. As with melanomas of other sites, eyelid melanoma are usually a result of DNA damage from exposure to UVB(290-320), (1) other common risk factors include presence of nevi, fair skin and family history of melanoma. The most common location of eyelid melanomas is the lower eyelid, where it is approximately 2.6 times more likely to occur than the upper eyelid. Here we present a rare case of huge malignant melanoma of upper eyelid with distant metastasis. Keywords: nevi, malignant melanoma, metastasis, upper eyelid.
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