ArticleJournal of medical case reports2016
Intramammary metastatic melanoma of unknown primary origin in a 58-year old patient: a case report.
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- Advances in mechanisms and challenges in clinical translation of synergistic nanomaterial-based therapies for melanoma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Comprehensive Literature Review on Melanoma of Unknown Primary Site Triggered by an Intriguing Case Report.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Melanoma of Unknown Primary With Metastasis to the Brain: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Cureus · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundMalignant melanoma metastasis to the breast is a rare disease. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 58-year-old postmenopausal Caucasian woman with metastatic malignant melanoma of unknown origin of the right breast. She presented with a palpable lump in the inferior quadrant of her right breast. The investigations concluded it was breast metastasis from a malignant melanoma of unknown origin. The treatment consisted of mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection. Two lymph nodes were positive for tumor cells and one showed extracapsular extension. Our patient did not receive immediate adjuvant therapy. Six weeks after the surgery, our patient presented a relapse in the right axilla (a 6 × 4 cm mass) with positive internal mammary lymph nodes and a single brain metastasis. This relapse motivated an adjuvant treatment with partial regression of the disease. Currently, our patient presents multiple metastases with poor prognosis.
conclusionsFrom this experience, we advocate an immediate aggressive handling of melanoma metastasis to the breast.
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