[Malignant melanoma in husband and wife (author's transl)]

There have been three previous reports of malignant melanoma of the skin in husband and wife. The authors add an observation of their own and compare it with the previously reported ones. In their own case, the couple had been married for 27 years. The husband's tumour was noted eight years before that of his wife. The tumours were histologically very similar. None had HL-A-5 antigen.