Open AccessMetastatic Cutaneous Melanoma: A Rare Entity with a Unique Presentation
Author(s) -
Manish Pradhan,
Deepa Rai,
Rashmi Bhandari
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of nobel medical college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2091-234X
pISSN - 2091-2331
DOI - 10.3126/jonmc.v8i2.26755
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , melanoma , presentation (obstetrics) , dermatology , histopathological examination , cytopathology , infiltration (hvac) , pathology , rare disease , neoplasm , disease , radiology , cytology , physics , cancer research , thermodynamics
The occurrence of cutaneous infiltration by malignancies has been accounted to 0.7 %- 9 % of patients suffering with malignant neoplasm and are generally thought to be a late consequence of most neoplasms.And, the prevalence of malignant melanoma as a primary tumor in one published study was 59 out of 381 patients. We herein report an unusual case of a patient who presented with multiple nodules of varying sizes over the body, which later revealed to be malignant melanoma; both on cytopathology and histopathology examination. As this is a rare, unusual condition in our setting, frequent and timely case reporting is to be done that will ensure the better management and outcome of the disease