Suspected case of primary malignant melanoma of the parotid gland.
A patient presented with malignant melanoma of the parotid gland with no obvious primary lesions, which was treated by total parotidectomy with excision of skin. Despite radiotherapy for brain metastases and combination chemotherapy for lung and lymph node metastases, she died 13 months after the initial operation.
Tsutsumida
Arata
A
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. tsutsu@med.hokudai.ac.jp
Yamamoto
Yuhei
Y
Sekido
Mitsuru
M
Itoh
Tomoo
T
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008545:Melanoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009418:S100 Proteins