title: Cutaneous matastasis from sino-nasal malignant melanoma - a rare case report.
abstract: To report a case of disseminated cutaneous metastasis from malignant melanoma of sino-nasal region. A 53-year-old man from rural parts of West Bengal presented with progressive nasal obstruction. CT scanning was done to know the extent of the mass and punch biopsy from the mass was performed. Malignant melanoma of sino-nasal region was diagnosed and chemotherapy was started. The patient developed cutaneous deposits after two cycles of chemotherapy. The patient developed cutaneous deposits during the course of chemotherapy. Excision biopsy from cutaneous deposits revealed malignant melanoma. A rare case of diffuse cutaneous metastasis of malignant melanoma is presented here along with review of literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, R.G. Kar Medical College, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: Vedula Padmini
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Somnath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Anirban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Debdulal
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
keywords: Chemotherapy; Cutaneous metastasis; Malignant melanoma