title: Primary Retroperitoneal Melanoma Presented in a Rare Extracutaneous Site for Malignant Melanoma.
abstract: Malignant melanoma, as the name implies, is a malignant tumor of melanocytes, found in the skin, eyes, meningeal lining and the mucosal epithelium of the aero-digestive and genitourinary tracts. Malignant melanoma is typically skin malignancy, which rarely presents at extracutaneous site. Here we present a rare case of primary retroperitoneal melanoma and review the findings in comparison with other cases described in literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University , Huntington, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alsharedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University , Huntington, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Nadim Bou
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Zgheib
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University , Huntington, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Yousef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Khelfa
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University , Huntington, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raufi
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University , Huntington, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Nabiha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Elmsherghi
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University , Huntington, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Yehuda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lebowicz
keywords: Extra-cutaneous melanoma; Malignant melanoma; Primary retroperitoneal melanoma