Adolescent girl with Down syndrome and lumbar cutaneous melanoma.
Melanoma has rarely been reported in people with Down syndrome, and its frequency in this condition has not been clearly established. We report a 19-year-old woman with Down syndrome and lumbar melanoma. This possible association must be kept in mind.
Departments of PathologyDermatology, University Hospital, Saint Etienne, FranceInstitut de Pathologie du Forez, Saint Etienne, FranceDepartment of Genetics, University Hospital, Saint Etienne, France.
Daniel
D
Satgé
Guy
G
Dimoux-Dime
William
W
Godard
Bénédicte
B
de Fréminville
D001706:Biopsy; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult