Suspected case of primary malignant melanoma of the parotid gland

Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2008;42(2):105-7. doi: 10.1080/02844310601004707.

Abstract

A patient presented with malignant melanoma of the parotid gland with no obvious primary lesions, which was treated by total parotidectomy with excision of skin. Despite radiotherapy for brain metastases and combination chemotherapy for lung and lymph node metastases, she died 13 months after the initial operation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Neoplasm / metabolism
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Melanoma / metabolism
  • Melanoma / secondary
  • Melanoma / surgery*
  • Melanoma-Specific Antigens
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Proteins / metabolism
  • Parotid Gland / surgery*
  • Parotid Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Parotid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Parotid Neoplasms / surgery*
  • S100 Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Melanoma-Specific Antigens
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • S100 Proteins