Massive nodular melanoma: a case report.
Melanoma is the sixth most common cancer in the United States, and its incidence rates are currently increasing faster than for any other cancer. Nodular melanoma often carries a poor prognosis because of local invasion and early distant metastasis. Herein, we report a case of the largest primary melanoma in the current literature, along with the management strategy of a primary tumor of this magnitude.
Harting
Mandy
M
Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Houston, Texas, USA.
Tarrant
William
W
Kovitz
Craig A
CA
Rosen
Ted
T
Harting
Matthew T
MT
Souchon
Eduardo
E
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy