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Metastasis of cutaneous malignant melanoma to angiolipoma: the tumor‐to‐tumor metastasis phenomenon
Author(s) -
Alonso Soledad,
RodríguezPeralto José Luis,
PérezEspejo Gustavo
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2003.00056.x
Subject(s) - melanoma , medicine , metastasis , pathology , angiolipoma , lipoma , primary tumor , dermatology , cancer , cancer research
Background: Although the phenomenon of tumor‐to tumor metastasis is not rare, it has been reported in only eight cases with malignant melanoma as the primary tumor. Methods: This case describes a patient with cutaneous malignant melanoma that metastasized to an angiolipoma. To our knowledge this is the second case of a malignant melanoma metastasizing to another primary cutaneous tumor and the first to do so in a lipoma. Conclusion: In this report we present the clinical and histopathologic features of this special case and review the relevant literature.