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Primary malignant melanoma of the adrenal gland
Author(s) -
BASTIDE CYRILLE,
ARROUA FREDERIC,
CARCENAC AURELIEN,
ANFOSSI ERIC,
RAGNI EVELYNE,
ROSSI DOMINIQUE
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01365.x
Subject(s) - medicine , adrenal gland , melanoma , primary (astronomy) , pathology , oncology , dermatology , cancer research , physics , astronomy
Primary malignant melanoma of the adrenal gland is an established entity. Fewer than 20 cases have been reported in the published literature. Because of the high frequency of adrenal gland metastases from malignant melanoma and pigmented pheochromocytoma, several rigid diagnostic criteria have been established for accepting an adrenal melanoma as primary. A new case is reported in this article. This observation is an opportunity update the literature on the diagnostic difficulties in this rare pathology.