Amelanotic Melanoma Arising in Filarial Leg: A Report of a Rare Case
Published: January 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/24232.9215
Mamita Nayak, Susama Patra, Susanta Meher, Prakash Kumar Sasmal
1. Senior Resident, Department of Pathology, AIIMS, BBSR, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
2. Additional Professor, Department of Pathology, AIIMS, BBSR, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
3. Senior Resident, Department of Surgery, AIIMS, BBSR, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
4. Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, AIIMS, BBSR, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Susama Patra,
Additional Professor, Department of Pathology, AIIMS, BBSR, Bhubaneswar-751019, Odisha, India.
E-mail: wususama@gmail.com
Amelanotic melanoma arising on chronic lymphoedema has not been reported earlier. We reported a case of amelanotic melanoma of right leg developing in a background of chronic lymphoedema of filarial origin in an elderly male of 60 years, who underwent wide local excision of the lesion followed by skin grafting for the same. A histopathological diagnosis of amelanotic melanoma was made. The patient was on follow up when he developed brain metastasis within a period of nine months for which he was operated and is on regular follow up now. We believe this as the first case report of this unusual combination.
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