Pregnancy-associated melanoma occurring in two generations.
We report of a case of malignant melanoma occurring during pregnancy in a woman whose mother had a melanoma excised during pregnancy. There was no other family history of melanoma. To our knowledge, this has not been previously reported. A review of the recent literature suggests that pregnant women with melanoma do not have a worse prognosis when compared to matched controls, but may present with worse prognostic features.
Saenz-Badillos
J
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Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Brady
M S
MS
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D009506:Nevus / Q000473:pathology; D018330:Nevus, Intradermal / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology