title: Malignant melanoma in transplant patients: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: The clinical course and outcome of malignant melanoma (MM) are well-established for immunocompetent groups; however, they are not well-documented for immunosuppressed populations. Specifically, the influence of immunosuppression may result in poorer outcomes, especially in more advanced cases of melanoma. We report a 67-year-old woman who had previously undergone a kidney and pancreas transplant and presented with American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage IIIA melanoma with subsequent rapid demise. As medicine advances with greater numbers of organ transplant recipients, a multi-institutional prospective study for this at-risk population would be greatly beneficial to help characterize the incidence, progression, and prognosis of melanoma in posttransplant immunosuppressed populations.
authors.affiliation: University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: A Nichole
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: Lawrence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mark
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D051437:Renal Insufficiency; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery