Scrotum melanoma in a middle-age patient

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melanoma, scrotum, lymph nodes excision, groin, cancer institutions.

Abstract

The case report of a 42 years, black skin patient is described, he attended the Peripheral Tumors Surgery Service in Conrado Benítez García Teaching Provincial Cancer Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, due to a hyperpigmented dark lesion in the left side of the scrotum, next to the raphe region, of approximately 4 mm and irregular borders that didn't elevate the skin or hurted. An excision of the lesion was carried out and the histological and pathological study revealed the existence of a melanoma, without ulceration or satelitosis, with radial growth, reason why there was a deep examination of the operated area in search of margins without affectation and the bilateral groin lymph nodes were dried up in a prophylactic way. Then chemotherapy and interferon injections were indicated. The patient maintained a favorable clinical course until a year and a half after the surgery.

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Published

2020-02-10

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Infante Carbonell MC, Neyra Barros RM, Jaén Infante L. Scrotum melanoma in a middle-age patient. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2020 Feb. 10 [cited 2025 Jun. 4];24(1):126-33. Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/2349

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Vol. 24 No. 1 (2020): enero-febrero

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Case Reports

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