Single sternal metastasis due to malignant melanoma with unexpected long-term survival: a case report

Metastases from melanoma have a very poor prognosis for the patient. Single metastatic lesions in the sternum due to melanoma are extremely rare. A rare case of a presternal mass in a 56-year-old patient who had undergone excision for malignant melanoma is presented. Review of the patient’s history...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gogakos, Apostolos S, Paliouras, Dimitrios, Asteriou, Christos, Rallis, Thomas, Lazopoulos, Achilleas, Chatzinikolaou, Fotios, Zissimopoulos, Athanassios, Tsavlis, Drosos, Tsirgogianni, Katerina, Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos, Porpodis, Konstantinos, Tsakiridis, Kosmas, Pitsiou, Georgia, Kioumis, Ioannis, Karapantzos, Ilias, Karapantzou, Chrysanthi, Sachpekidis, Nikos, Zarogoulidis, Paul, Barbetakis, Nikolaos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4723023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26848270
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S95723
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Sumario:Metastases from melanoma have a very poor prognosis for the patient. Single metastatic lesions in the sternum due to melanoma are extremely rare. A rare case of a presternal mass in a 56-year-old patient who had undergone excision for malignant melanoma is presented. Review of the patient’s history and surgical resection of a single metastatic soft tissue lesion offer the best chance of long-term survival.

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