Journal of Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital


Vol. 8 No. 2

Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma: A Rare Entity with a Unique Presentation

Manish Pradhan Department of Dermatology
Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal
Deepa Rai Department of Dermatology,
Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar
Rashmi Bhandari Department of Pathology
Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar
Tags : Melanoma, Metastases

Abstract

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
Published
2019-12-29
Section
Case Reports