Massive nodular melanoma: a case report

Dermatol Online J. 2007 May 1;13(2):7.

Abstract

Melanoma is the sixth most common cancer in the United States, and its incidence rates are currently increasing faster than for any other cancer. Nodular melanoma often carries a poor prognosis because of local invasion and early distant metastasis. Herein, we report a case of the largest primary melanoma in the current literature, along with the management strategy of a primary tumor of this magnitude.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lumbosacral Region
  • Male
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Melanoma / therapy
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Palliative Care*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / therapy