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Multiple melanomas occurring in a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|August 1, 1984
Abstract:
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is associated with an increased frequency of cutaneous malignancies including malignant melanoma. We report a patient who developed eleven primary melanomas and numerous highly atypical nevi in addition to the basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas more commonly seen in patients with XP.