title: [Melanoma and pregnancy].
abstract: In spite of being a rare form of neoplasia, melanoma is the ones which occur most frequently in pregnancy. Pregnancy does not seem to aggravate the prognosis. However, the authors present the case of a woman suffering from melanoma, in which the intercurrence of pregnancy led to the development of the disease. After 32 weeks of pregnancy a living foetus was born without any symptoms of the disease, thus proving the low incidence of foetal metastatic lesions.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Obstetricia e Ginecologia, Centro Hospitalar de Gaia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramalho
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cunha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome
vernacular_title: Melanoma e gravidez.