[Cutaneous metastases of melanoma localized on the cicatrix at the site of flap taking].
BACKGROUND
We report one case of melanoma cutaneous metastases strictly localized on a skin graft donor site distant from the tumor site.


METHODS
A patient with a shoulder melanoma was treated by surgery. A split-thickness skin graft was taken from a thigh to cover the raw area. Six months later, nodular cutaneous metastases strictly localized on the skin graft donor site appeared.


CONCLUSIONS
Physiopathology of those lesions is unknown. Hyaluronic acid is increased in granulation tissue and could be chimiotactic for melanoma cells.
Salmon-Ehr
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Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Reims.
Estève
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E
Cambie
M P
MP
Serpier
H
H
Kalis
B
B
D000368:Aged; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D012782:Shoulder; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D013524:Surgical Flaps
Métastases cutanées de mélanome situées sur une cicatrice de prise de greffe.