Multiple cutaneous melanomas associated with gastric and brain metastases
An. bras. dermatol; 91 (5,supl.1), 2016
Publication year: 2016
Abstract The occurrence of multiple primary melanomas in a single individual is rare. Most commonly, malignant melanocytic lesions subsequent to the initial diagnosis of melanoma are secondary cutaneous metastases. We report a patient with gastrointestinal bleeding from gastric metastasis of cutaneous melanoma. During clinical evaluation and staging, we discovered a brain metastasis associated with 3 synchronous primary cutaneous melanomas. We suggest the research on the mutation in the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A) (INK4a) in such cases. We also emphasize the importance of clinical examination and dermoscopy of the entire tegument, even after a malignant melanocytic lesion is identified.
Neoplasias Encefálicas/secundario, Melanoma/secundario, Neoplasias Primarias Múltiples/patología, Neoplasias Cutáneas/patología, Neoplasias Gástricas/secundario, Biopsia, Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética, Inhibidor p18 de las Quinasas Dependientes de la Ciclina/genética, Dermoscopía, Melanoma/genética, Mutación, Neoplasias Primarias Múltiples/genética, Neoplasias Cutáneas/genética, Neoplasias Gástricas/genética