title: Malignant melanoma developed on a congenital melanocytic nevus with lymph node metastasis in a 19-month-old boy.
abstract: Although rare, malignant melanoma occurs in children. The risk of degeneration of a congenital melanocytic nevus into a melanoma is approximately 0.7%. We report a case of malignant melanoma that developed on a congenital melanocytic nevus in a 19-month-old boy. The child was treated by surgical resection, superficial parotidectomy, and modified radical neck dissection with adjuvant therapy. The follow-up has been 24 months without metastasis. Early clinical detection, fast histological confirmation, prompt surgery, and adjuvant therapy are the only means to achieve a long survival period for children suffering from malignant melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozlenen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Anı
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cinpolat
authors.forename: Gamze
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bektaş
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000151:congenital* / Q000628:therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000628:therapy