Spontaneous partial regression of malignant melanoma and its first metastasis. Case report.
A case of malignant melanoma with partial regression of the original lesion and its first metastasis is reported. At the time of almost complete disappearance of the primary lesion a lymph node metastasis was removed and it consisted of necrotic tissue containing masses of melanin pigment. There then was a rather rapid progress of the original lesion and of other metastases and the patient died of disseminated metastases of malignant melanoma three years after the operation.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*