A brief synopsis on scalp melanoma

Muhammad Saaiq; Iris Zalaudek; Babar Rao; Young Lee; Lidia Rudnicka; Joanna Czuwara; Roberta Giuffrida; Uwe Wollina; Mohammad Jafferany; Torello Lotti; Stephan Grabbe; Mohamad Goldust

doi:10.1111/dth.13795

A brief synopsis on scalp melanoma

Dermatol Ther. 2020 Jul;33(4):e13795. doi: 10.1111/dth.13795. Epub 2020 Jul 8.

Authors

Muhammad Saaiq¹, Iris Zalaudek², Babar Rao^{3

4}, Young Lee⁵, Lidia Rudnicka⁶, Joanna Czuwara⁶, Roberta Giuffrida⁷, Uwe Wollina⁸, Mohammad Jafferany⁹, Torello Lotti¹⁰, Stephan Grabbe¹¹, Mohamad Goldust^{12

13

14}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery and Orthopedics, National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NIRM), Islamabad, Pakistan.
² Dermatology Clinic, University of Trieste, Maggiore Hospital, Trieste, Italy.
³ Department of Dermatology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey, USA.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
⁷ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dermatology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
⁸ Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁹ College of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Dermatology, University of Studies Guglielmo Marconi, Rome, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
¹² Department of Dermatology, University of Rome G. Marconi, Rome, Italy.
¹³ Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
¹⁴ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 32520414
DOI: 10.1111/dth.13795

Abstract

Melanoma constitutes one of the most sinister and troublesome malignancies encountered by humanity. Generally, the diagnosis of advanced melanoma connotes a grave prognosis, prompting a sense of looming threat of death, however, the early-stage detected disease responds well to robust treatment resulting in reasonable survivorship. Scalp melanomas are even more troublesome, because they typically exhibit more aggressive biologic behavior and are often diagnosed at a late stage. This review tries to comprehensively highlight the various diagnostic, therapeutic, and outcome aspects of scalp melanomas. The literature research includes peer-reviewed articles (clinical trials or scientific reviews). Studies were identified by searching electronic databases (MEDLINE and PubMed) till May 2020 and reference lists of respective articles. Only articles published in English language were included.

Keywords: Breslow thickness; head and neck melanomas; melanomas; scalp melanomas; skin malignancies.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Head and Neck Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Head and Neck Neoplasms* / therapy
Humans
Melanoma* / diagnosis
Melanoma* / therapy
Prognosis
Scalp
Skin Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms* / therapy