Journal article
Primary Noncutaneous Malignant Melanoma of the Breast
The breast journal, Vol.22(6), pp.688-691
11/2016
DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12661
PMID: 27488963
Abstract
Primary noncutaneous breast melanoma without an apparent skin primary lesion is uncommon. Its pathogenesis is debated with some authors believing that it is a metastatic disease from an undiscovered primary or a primary that has since completely regressed but it may be a true primary tumor arising from ectopic melanocytes. We present a case of a V600E BRAF mutation‐positive primary noncutaneous breast melanoma diagnosed at an early stage in a screening mammogram as a solitary breast lesion without nodal involvement. Considerations of treatment of this rare disease are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Primary Noncutaneous Malignant Melanoma of the Breast
- Creators
- Mohammad Rassouli - Sault Area HospitalIoannis A. Voutsadakis - NOSM University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The breast journal, Vol.22(6), pp.688-691
- DOI
- 10.1111/tbj.12661
- PMID
- 27488963
- NLM abbreviation
- Breast J
- ISSN
- 1075-122X
- eISSN
- 1524-4741
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2016
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984806606402771
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