[Metastatic conjunctival tumor originating in a primary cutaneous malignant melanoma (author's transl)].

Case report of a metastatic carcinoma of the conjunctiva originating in a cutaneous superficial spreading melanoma. Conjunctival metastasis as well as dissemination of skin melanomas to the eye are extremely rare events. As to our knowledge until now, there is not documentation of a cutaneous malignant melanoma metastatic to the conjunctiva.