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Published on: May 18, 2018
Primary Retroperitoneal Melanoma Presented in a Rare Extracutaneous Site for Malignant Melanoma
Mohamed Alsharedi1, Nadim Bou Zgheib1, Yousef Khelfa1
1Department of Hematology and Oncology, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University , Huntington, WV, USA.
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.
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