A Case of Malignant Melanoma Presenting as a Breast Mass.
10.4048/jkbcs.2003.6.1.35
- Author:
Tae Yun KIM
1
;
Man Kyu CHAE
;
Hyung Hwan KIM
;
Sung Yong KIM
;
Moo Jun BAEK
;
Moon Soo LEE
;
Chang Ho KIM
;
Eui Han KIM
;
Min Hyuk LEE
;
Moo Sik CHO
;
Ok Pyung SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Chunan, Korea. sykim@schch.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Breast;
Malignant melanoma
- MeSH:
Breast*;
Melanoma*;
Mucous Membrane;
Retina;
Skin
- From:Journal of Korean Breast Cancer Society
2003;6(1):35-38
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Malignant melanomas arising in the skin, buccal mucous membranes. and retina are encountered frequently. A malignant melanoma characteristically disseminates widely but infrequently metastasizes to the breast, and primary melanoma of the breast is even rarer. Primary melanomas can arise in the glandular tissue of the breast. We report a case of malignant melanoma either primary in the breast or metastatic from an unknown primary that presented initially as a left breast mass without a detectable cutaneous lesion.
