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Case Reports
. 2006 Jan;8(1):57-9.
doi: 10.1007/s12094-006-0097-6.

Breast metastases as the first sign of recurrence of a cutaneous melanoma

Teresa Sampedro Gimeno  1 , Fernando Moreno Antón, Sara López-Tarruella Cobo, José Luis González Larriba, Vicente Furio Bacete, Eduardo Díaz-Rubio García
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Case Reports

Breast metastases as the first sign of recurrence of a cutaneous melanoma

Teresa Sampedro Gimeno et al. Clin Transl Oncol. 2006 Jan.

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is the most rapidly increasing cancer in the world. Metastatic disease occurs in 20% of patients, and prognosis in these cases is poor. We report the case of a woman who presented breast metastasis as the first sign of recurrence of a melanoma.

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