Eleven Primary Melanomas, Colon Cancer, and Atypical Nevi in the Same Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
Autor: | Lea Juul Nielsen, Lisbet Rosenkrantz Hölmich |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty Colorectal cancer Population Case Report Dermatology 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine lcsh:Dermatology medicine skin and connective tissue diseases Caucasian population education neoplasms education.field_of_study integumentary system business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Melanoma lcsh:RL1-803 medicine.disease Atypical nevus Increased risk 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis business |
Zdroj: | Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, Vol 2016 (2016) Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine |
ISSN: | 2090-6471 2090-6463 |
Popis: | Background. As the incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma increases in the Caucasian population, an increasing population of melanoma survivors is at risk of developing multiple primary melanomas (MPM) as well as secondary primary cancers.Objective. To present a case of a patient with atypical nevi, 11 primary melanomas over 33 years, and colon cancer and to review the literature on multiple primary melanomas, atypical nevi, and correlation of nonmelanoma cancers.Conclusion. The literature indicates that patients with MPM are not uncommon, although 11 primary melanomas are rarely described, that patients with MPM may have a better survival than patients with single primary melanoma, that atypical nevi are a risk marker of not only melanoma in general but also MPM, and that melanoma patients have a significantly increased risk of developing nonmelanoma skin and other cancers, which may be even higher for patients with MPM. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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