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Primary scrotal melanoma: it is time to destigmatize genital lesions()()

Primary male genital melanomas are very rare; they are associated with high mortality and late detection. Scrotal melanoma is the least common presentation and only 23 cases have been reported. Herein, the authors present a 30-year-old patient with stage IIIC (T4b, N2a, M0) scrotal melanoma in order...

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Autores principales: Özkur, Ezgi, Altunay, İlknur Kıvanç
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31789252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2018.12.005
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description Primary male genital melanomas are very rare; they are associated with high mortality and late detection. Scrotal melanoma is the least common presentation and only 23 cases have been reported. Herein, the authors present a 30-year-old patient with stage IIIC (T4b, N2a, M0) scrotal melanoma in order to report the characteristics, treatment, and outcome, as well as to emphasize the importance of examination of the genitals, education of patients about self-examination and destigmatizing genital lesions to increase the likelihood of earlier detection.
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spelling pubmed-69391812020-01-06 Primary scrotal melanoma: it is time to destigmatize genital lesions()() Özkur, Ezgi Altunay, İlknur Kıvanç An Bras Dermatol Case Report Primary male genital melanomas are very rare; they are associated with high mortality and late detection. Scrotal melanoma is the least common presentation and only 23 cases have been reported. Herein, the authors present a 30-year-old patient with stage IIIC (T4b, N2a, M0) scrotal melanoma in order to report the characteristics, treatment, and outcome, as well as to emphasize the importance of examination of the genitals, education of patients about self-examination and destigmatizing genital lesions to increase the likelihood of earlier detection. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2019 2019-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6939181/ /pubmed/31789252 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2018.12.005 Text en © 2019 Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Primary scrotal melanoma: it is time to destigmatize genital lesions()()
title_full Primary scrotal melanoma: it is time to destigmatize genital lesions()()
title_fullStr Primary scrotal melanoma: it is time to destigmatize genital lesions()()
title_full_unstemmed Primary scrotal melanoma: it is time to destigmatize genital lesions()()
title_short Primary scrotal melanoma: it is time to destigmatize genital lesions()()
title_sort primary scrotal melanoma: it is time to destigmatize genital lesions()()
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939181/
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