A Case of Multiple Primary Cutaneous Melanoma.
- Author:
Jun Young KIM
1
;
Seong Geun CHI
;
Seok Jong LEE
;
Ho Youn KIM
;
Weon Ju LEE
;
Do Won KIM
;
Jin Hyang JUNG
;
Ho Yong PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. seokjong@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Malignant melanoma;
Multiple primary cutaneous melanoma;
Sole;
Thumb
- MeSH:
Aged;
Humans;
Melanoma;
Physical Examination;
Skin;
Thumb
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2010;48(5):435-439
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
According to Western reports, there's a 1~8% possibility that multiple melanomas can occur in one individual. Although two melanomas occurring simultaneously or metachronously on different areas of the skin in a patient are rare and this has not yet been reported in the Korean dermatological literature, there could be two possible explanations. One is cutaneous recurrence/metastasis from a primary cutaneous melanoma (PCM) and the other is development of another new PCM, and this is the so called multiple primary cutaneous melanoma (MPCM). We report here on a 72-year-old man who presented with a subungual melanoma on the right thumb (T2bN0M0, duration: 3 years) and the other melanoma was on the right sole (TisN0M0, duration: 10 years). We could not find any evidence of recurrence/metastasis on the physical examinations and various imaging studies. Pathological differences were shown between the 2 melanomas and, more importantly, the differences were anatomically irrelevant. So, we diagnosed the lesions as MPCM instead of recurrence/metastasis of PCM or other possibilities.
