title: Congenital malignant melanoma.
abstract: A case is reported of congenital malignant melanoma that occurred in the absence of maternal melanoma or a congenital giant naevus. The patient had the melanoma on the left thigh excised 54 days after birth, but later died at the age of 18 months with multiple metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichiyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D013848:Thigh