A Case of Pediatric Melanoma: Treatment Considerations in Advanced Disease

We document a 3-year-old healthy African American girl who developed malignant melanoma on her lower extremity. The clinical appearance offered little indication of the lesion’s severity (T4), and only the history of de novo presentation and disproportionate growth raised clinical suspicion. This ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Albino, Frank P., Wood, Benjamin C., Oh, Albert, Rogers, Gary F., Sauerhammer, Tina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4457265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26090292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000370
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Sumario:We document a 3-year-old healthy African American girl who developed malignant melanoma on her lower extremity. The clinical appearance offered little indication of the lesion’s severity (T4), and only the history of de novo presentation and disproportionate growth raised clinical suspicion. This case report highlights the subtle clinical findings of this condition and presents controversies related to surgical management of pediatric melanoma.

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