title: Metastatic amelanotic melanoma with occult primary masquerading as sarcoma.
abstract: Malignant melanoma with occult primary is extremely rare. It is found that survival is almost same or even better than the melanomas with known primary site. Surgeons should have a high index of suspicion when a patient presents like sarcoma which bleeds profusely when planning for excision. Here, is an unusual case of young adult which presented initially with granulomatous lymphandenitis in axilla with primary suspicion of tuberculosis, later turning out to be sarcoma on FNAC and MRI. On immunochemistry (IHC), the final diagnosis of amelanotic melanoma was made and further workup did not show up any primary site of origin.
authors: Senior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute , Bangalore, India .
authors: Niyaz
authors: N
authors: Ahmed
authors: PG Student, Department of General Surgery, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute , Bangalore, India .
authors: Ranjit Kumar
authors: RK
authors: Padhiari
authors: PG Student, Department of General Surgery, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute , Bangalore, India .
authors: Praveen
authors: P
authors: G P
authors: Resident, Department of Oncosurgery, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology , Bangalore, India .
authors: Vishnu
authors: V
authors: Kurpad
keywords: FNAC; Granulomatous lymphadenitis; Sarcoma