Melanoma metastatic to “lipomata”
✍ Scribed by Barry D. Mann; Sanford J. Finck; Alistair J. Cohchran; Donald L. Morton
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 349 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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✦ Synopsis
Three patients presented with solitary melanoma metastases that mimicked a simple "lipomata." On further investigation each patient had a discrete fatty tissue tumor mass surrounding a melanoma metastasis. The presence of an enlarging mass in patients with a history of melanoma should be viewed with suspicion and a biopsy should be performed.
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