Identical twins with primary cutaneous melanoma presenting at the same time and location.
Thus far there have been very few cases that document such a rarity as the same cancer occurring in monozygotic twins, at the same time, in the same location. We report this extraordinary phenomenon in our patients, 71-year-old identical female twins, presenting with melanoma at the same time (within 10 days of each other) and location (the right calf).
Rao
Babar K
BK
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA. RaoSkin@aol.com
Noor
Omar
O
Thosani
Maya-Kolipakam
MK
D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007866:Leg; D008545:Melanoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic