title: Head and neck polypoid melanoma.
abstract: Polypoid melanoma represents a rare clinical variant of nodular melanoma skin cancer in which the tumor is connected to the skin by a pedicle, characterized by exophytic growth, ulceration, and young age at onset (20-39 years) with a special predilection for the back and with a survival rate at 5 years ranging from 32% to 42% as compared with 57% 5-year survival for nodular subtype and 77% for the superficial subtype. We present a case of a deeply pigmented polypoid melanoma arising on the face of a 77-year-old man. We performed a literature review to clarify its surgical management and prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Florence, Largo Palagi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dini
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Quercioli
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Caldarella
authors.forename: Marino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaetano
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franchi
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Agostini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis; D058951:gp100 Melanoma Antigen
chemical_list: D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; C548637:PMEL protein, human; D009418:S100 Proteins; D058951:gp100 Melanoma Antigen