Aggressive Behaviour of Metastatic Melanoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Malignant melanoma is a common skin neoplasm bearing poor prognosis when presenting with metastases. Rarely melanoma metastases present without an identifiable primary cutaneous lesion despite exhaustive workup. We describe the case of a solitary lung metastasis in a patient with neurofibromatosis t...
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| author | Robert W. Foley Robert M. Maweni Aurelie Fabre David G. Healy |
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| description | Malignant melanoma is a common skin neoplasm bearing poor prognosis when presenting with metastases. Rarely melanoma metastases present without an identifiable primary cutaneous lesion despite exhaustive workup. We describe the case of a solitary lung metastasis in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 without an identifiable primary tumour. The rapid progression of this malignant neoplasm that led to the patient’s death within 1 year is described. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5a64c8ff8c7c4ca88a32af3dc91c019e2025-02-03T05:44:54ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192015-01-01201510.1155/2015/431943431943Aggressive Behaviour of Metastatic Melanoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1Robert W. Foley0Robert M. Maweni1Aurelie Fabre2David G. Healy3School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, IrelandSchool of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, IrelandSchool of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, IrelandSchool of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, IrelandMalignant melanoma is a common skin neoplasm bearing poor prognosis when presenting with metastases. Rarely melanoma metastases present without an identifiable primary cutaneous lesion despite exhaustive workup. We describe the case of a solitary lung metastasis in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 without an identifiable primary tumour. The rapid progression of this malignant neoplasm that led to the patient’s death within 1 year is described.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/431943 |
| spellingShingle | Robert W. Foley Robert M. Maweni Aurelie Fabre David G. Healy Aggressive Behaviour of Metastatic Melanoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Aggressive Behaviour of Metastatic Melanoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 |
| title_full | Aggressive Behaviour of Metastatic Melanoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 |
| title_fullStr | Aggressive Behaviour of Metastatic Melanoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aggressive Behaviour of Metastatic Melanoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 |
| title_short | Aggressive Behaviour of Metastatic Melanoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 |
| title_sort | aggressive behaviour of metastatic melanoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/431943 |
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