Late Metastases from a Thin Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
| Autor: | Sofia Daniela Carvalho, Regina Caldas, Celeste Brito, Inês Carvalho, Teresa Pereira, Filipa Tavares Almeida |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Prognostic factor medicine.medical_specialty Skin Neoplasms Metastase Neoplásica business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Melanoma Mortality rate Aggressive phenotype lcsh:RL1-803 medicine.disease Dermatology lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Recurrence medicine lcsh:Dermatology Neoplasias da Pele lcsh:RC109-216 Good prognosis Skin cancer Neoplasm Metastasis business Recidiva |
| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Vol 78, Iss 1 (2020) Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia; v. 78 n. 1 (2020): Janeiro-Março; 71-74 Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology; Vol 78 No 1 (2020): January-March; 71-74 Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 2182-2409 2182-2395 |
| Popis: | Cutaneous malignant melanoma is the third most common type of skin cancer, and its incidence has been rising. Its mortality rate is considerable, due to an aggressive phenotype and great ability of dissemination, mainly in the first years of follow- -up. Late recurrences, those presenting more than 10 years after diagnosis, are rare. The main prognostic factor of cutaneous malignant melanoma is tumor thickness, which also guides management. Thin tumors often have a good prognosis. We report a case of a 66-year-old woman with a history of excision of a thin primary cutaneous malignant melanoma of the dorsum, presenting 16 years later with an unexpected, rapidly progressing and lethal recurrence. |
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