| Title | Diffuse Melanosis and Ascites due to Metastatic Malignant Melanoma. | | Author(s) | Sendagorta E, Pizarro A, Feito M, Mayor M, Ramírez P, Floristan U, Feltes R | | Source | ScientificWorldJournal 2008.:556-7. | | Abstract | We present a female patient who developed mucosal and skin hyperpigmentation due to metastatic malignant melanoma. Diffuse cutaneus melanosis is a rare entity that complicates a small percentage of metastatic melanomas, confering a fatal prognosis. We discuss briefly the current evidence on pathogenesis of melanosis arising from metastatic melanoma. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18516477 |
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