Metastatic Malignant Melanoma: A Late Detection of a Primary Focus

Case report

English

Orafi M 1, Elarbi M 2, Goteti S 2

1-Department of Faciomaxillary Surgery, Dental School, Al -Arab Medical University, Benghazi 2-Department of maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, Al -Fatah University, Tripoli. Libya

JMJ 2009;9(4):309-310

Abstract

We present a case of metastatic malignant melanoma with delayed detection of the primary lesion, emphasizing the importance of sending the specimen for histopathology.

Keywords: Melanoma, Metastatic melanoma, Cutaneous melanoma, Pigmented naevi

Link/DOI: http://www.jmj.org.ly/PDF/winter2009/309.pdf