Late Metastases from a Thin Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
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...
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doaj-889d16dcae7b4f00aaf8aed02076eeb82020-11-25T02:54:02ZengSociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e VenereologiaRevista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia2182-23952182-24092020-05-0178110.29021/spdv.78.1.1157Late Metastases from a Thin Primary Cutaneous Malignant MelanomaRegina Caldas0Filipa T. Almeida1Teresa Pereira2Inês Carvalho3Sofia D. Carvalho4Celeste Brito5Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, PortugalDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, PortugalDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, PortugalDepartment of Neurology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, PortugalDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, PortugalDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal 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. https://revista.spdv.com.pt/index.php/spdv/article/view/1157MelanomaNeoplasm MetastasisRecurrenceSkin Neoplasms |
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Regina Caldas Filipa T. Almeida Teresa Pereira Inês Carvalho Sofia D. Carvalho Celeste Brito |
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Regina Caldas Filipa T. Almeida Teresa Pereira Inês Carvalho Sofia D. Carvalho Celeste Brito Late Metastases from a Thin Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia Melanoma Neoplasm Metastasis Recurrence Skin Neoplasms |
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Regina Caldas Filipa T. Almeida Teresa Pereira Inês Carvalho Sofia D. Carvalho Celeste Brito |
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Regina Caldas |
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Late Metastases from a Thin Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma |
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Late Metastases from a Thin Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma |
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Late Metastases from a Thin Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma |
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Late Metastases from a Thin Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma |
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Late Metastases from a Thin Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma |
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late metastases from a thin primary cutaneous malignant melanoma |
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia |
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Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia |
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2182-2395 2182-2409 |
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2020-05-01 |
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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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Melanoma Neoplasm Metastasis Recurrence Skin Neoplasms |
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