Congenital malignant melanoma.
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.
Ishii
N
N
Department of Dermatology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ichiyama
S
S
Saito
S
S
Kurosawa
T
T
Nakajima
H
H
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