title: Primary cutaneous melanoma arising in a long-standing irradiated keloid.
abstract: Ionizing radiation has been used therapeutically for a variety of clinical conditions, including treatment of hypertrophic keloids. Keloids may rarely be associated with malignancy, but the use of low-dose ionizing radiation is associated with an increased risk of cutaneous malignancies. We describe a case in which a primary desmoplastic melanoma arose in a long-standing, previously irradiated keloid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA.
authors.forename: Lindsay M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fish
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: Keith D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lewis