title: A giant metastatic inguinal lymph node from melanoma.
abstract: A 49-year-old woman was admitted to our institution with a giant necrotizing and ulcerative inguinal mass that measured 17 × 11 centimeters. She had a history of dorsal ulcerated nodular melanoma with a Breslow thickness to 10 mm, clark's level was 4 and an mitotic activity of 1 mitosis per 40 high-power fields. She was operated in emergency for an ilioinguinal dissection, then 15 days later, a secondary coverage by Taylor's flap. The pathological examination found a melanoma metastasis. She is alive at fourteen months after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital Sud, 16 Boulevard de Bulgarie, 35200 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bertheuil
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital Sud, 16 Boulevard de Bulgarie, 35200 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Heusse
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital Bretagne Atlantique, Vannes, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Khamphommala
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital Sud, 16 Boulevard de Bulgarie, 35200 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Watier
keywords: Cancer; Melanoma; Metastatic lymph node; Reconstructive surgery