title: Malignant melanomatic mass of right heel.
abstract: Malignant melanoma mostly occurs in sun-exposed areas and is less common in covered areas. We report a patient, who presented with painless gradually increasing mass arising from the right heel, that was found to be a malignant melanoma. Treatment with local excision led to complete resolution of symptoms. To-date, 36 months after the diagnosis, the patient is still in complete remission. The diagnosis of melanoma should be considered in the presence of non-healing skin lesion and should be biopsied and treated according to Breslow thickness and presence or absence of metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospital, UK. drtanvirabbas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tanvir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abbass
authors.forename: Saima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khizar
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006365:Heel / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery