Spontaneous regression of metastatic malignant melanoma.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Spontaneous regression of metastatic malignant melanoma is rare. A case is presented here. The primary lesion, a lentigo maligna melanoma of the face, recurred after excision and metastasized to the parotid and upper cervical lymph nodes, and to the lungs. The patient declined further therapy. There was no clinical or radiologic evidence of metastasis 1 year later.
منابع مشابه
Spontaneous regression of metastatic malignant melanoma in 2 sibs with xeroderma pigmentosum.
The clinical and pathology findings in 2 sibs with xeroderma pigmentosum (XDP), complicated by metastatic malignant melanoma which underwent spontaneous regression, are described. The pathology of one of these patients showed features of possible spontaneous regression, namely foamy histiocytes, capillary proliferation, and a chronic inflammatory infiltrate which was devoid of malignant cells, ...
متن کاملZOSTERIFORM METASTASES IN A MAN WITH MALIGNANT MELANOMA
Zosteriform metastasis is a rare clinical distribution from spreading neoplasms of every organ to the skin. Tumors most often arise from a n internal o r hematologic malignancy. W e report a 69-year-old man, a known case of malignant melanoma of the left heel. In this case, multiple red-brown metastatic nodules appeared four months after diagnosis. Distribution of metastatic lesions resemb...
متن کاملMalignant Melanoma in Khouzestan: Study of 62 cases
Background: Malignant melanoma is the leading cause of death among skin cancers in western countries. However, the incidence, histologic subtypes, and tumor behaviors are quite different in Asians and western populations. Objective: This study was designed to survey the clinicopathological aspects of malignant melanoma among Khouzestan people. Patients and Methods: In a retrospective stud...
متن کاملMetastatic melanoma with spontaneous complete regression of a thick primary lesion
Fig 1. Left side of the chest skin biopsy for primary malignant melanoma. Histopathologic examination found a thick primary melanoma characterized by atypical pigmented epithelioid cells with extensive ulceration. INTRODUCTION Spontaneous regression of malignant melanoma is defined by the disappearance of melanocytic neoplastic cells partially or completely. In contrast to the partial form, com...
متن کاملSpontaneous regression of metastatic melanoma after inoculation with tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine.
Spontaneous regression of metastatic melanoma is an exceedingly rare event, with only 76 well-documented cases in the literature since 1866. Here, we present the case of a patient who developed metastatic melanoma despite interferon therapy and who then achieved spontaneous regression shortly after a reaction to tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccination. A common theme among these cases is the d...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical oncology
دوره 4 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978