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Malignant melanoma arising from a congenital pigmented naevus in a patient with sarcoidosis: cause or coincidence?
Author(s) -
Mahood J. M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02186.x
Subject(s) - sarcoidosis , medicine , melanoma , dermatology , cutaneous sarcoidosis , pathology , cancer research
Summary A case is described of a 40‐year‐old man who developed sarcoidosis and at the same time malignant change in a congenital pigmented naevus of his foot. It is proposed that the sarcoidosis may have acted as a predisposing cause of the melanoma in this case. The difficulties of diagnosis and management of patients with coexistent malignant melanoma and sarcoidosis are discussed.