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Malignant melanoma in a child with oculocutaneous albinism
Author(s) -
Levine Edward A.,
Ronan Salve G.,
Shirali Swati S.,
Gupta Tapas K. Das,
Karakousis Constantine P.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930510215
Subject(s) - oculocutaneous albinism , medicine , albinism , dermatology , melanoma , pediatrics , genetics , cancer research , biology
Malignant melanoma is extremely rare in patients with albinism. To date, in the English language literature, there have been only sixteen documented cases of malignant melanoma in albino patients. These cases include thirteen cutaneous, one oral, one ocular, and one anal; only one of these was in a child. Here, we present the case of the youngest known albino patient to have cutaneous malignant melanoma. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.