Open AccessMalignant melanoma of breast: A unique case with diagnostic dilemmas
Author(s) -
Jayasudha Arundhathi Vasudevan,
Thara Somanathan,
Anitha Mathews,
K Jayasree
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.134720
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , dermatology , breast carcinoma , basal cell , pathology , lesion , breast cancer , cancer , cancer research
Melanomas arising in the skin, mucous membranes, and eye are encountered commonly than melanomas involving the breast. Melanomas in the breast are usually metastatic. Primary melanoma of the breast is extremely rare. We report a case of malignant melanoma of breast (primary/metastatic) that presented as a breast lump in a patient with no detectable cutaneous, mucosal or ocular lesion and who is a known case of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and had relapsed twice. The unexpected challenges faced during the diagnosis prompted us to report this case.