title: Association of human papillomavirus type 16 with malignant melanoma.
abstract: We report a case of malignant melanoma associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) in a 37-year-old woman. The patient has had numerous brown papular and nodular tumors, 5 to 30 mm in diameter, on her left leg for > 15 years, some of them coalescing rapidly in the last 12 months to a multilobulated black nodule diagnosed as malignant melanoma by histology and immunohistochemistry. HPV type 16 DNA was detected in the melanoma specimen by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR) and in situ hybridization (ISH) of the tumor tissues. This is the first report of melanoma associated with HPV 16.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takamiyagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nonaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008545:Melanoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009418:S100 Proteins