Giant melanoma of the inner thigh: a homeopathic life-threatening negligence.
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.
Benmeir
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Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Neuman
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Weinberg
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Sucher
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Weshler
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Lusthaus
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Rotem
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Eldad
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Wexler
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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