title: Unusual association between cutaneous melanoma and axillary metastasis from occult breast cancer detected by sentinel node biopsy.
abstract: We report a case of cutaneous Stage I melanoma associated with occult breast cancer detected incidentally during a sentinel node biopsy. A brief review of the literature is presented with particular emphasis on this association and on an examination of the theoretical link which may exist between melanoma and breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery B, National Cancer Institute, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gallino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Belli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maffioli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferro
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Brega Massone
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cascinelli
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*