title: Giant melanoma of the inner thigh: a homeopathic life-threatening negligence.
abstract: The strange case of a 37-year-old modern, Western woman who presented with a giant black mass on her inner right thigh is presented. She was treated 10 months before this present admission by an excision of a nodular melanoma, and she was treated, thereafter, by a homeopathic practitioner until she came late to follow-up. The woman is discussed with special attention to the fact that alternative medicine does not always constitute good advice, and the relevant literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benmeir
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neuman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sucher
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Weshler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lusthaus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rotem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eldad
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wexler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001918:Brachytherapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006705:Homeopathy; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013848:Thigh