GENERALIZED MELANOSIS CAUSED BY MELANOMA OF THE RECTUM

Authors
KLAUS MV SHAH F
Citation
Mv. Klaus et F. Shah, GENERALIZED MELANOSIS CAUSED BY MELANOMA OF THE RECTUM, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 35(2), 1996, pp. 295-297
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Part
2
Pages
295 - 297
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1996)35:2<295:GMCBMO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Only 29 cases of generalized melanosis caused by melanoma have been de scribed in the English-language literature since the beginning of this century. This is the first reported case in which the primary site of melanoma was the mucosal surface of the rectum and melanosis was a pr esenting sign of the disease. Generalized melanosis carries a dismal p rognosis; none of the reported patients lived beyond 1 year after the onset of pigmentation.