Case Report and Literature Review of Giant Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: What’s Keeping Patients Away?

Mawhinney, Jamie A; Yvon, Adrien; Masood, Shahid

doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2021.11.105

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“…Several reported giant melanomas are nodular, as in this case, which are generally faster growing, have a greater Breslow thickness on diagnosis and are associated with poorer outcomes [ 7–10 ]. Many, but not all, have distant metastases on diagnosis [ 3 , 4 , 9 , 11 ], as in this case.…”

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“…Delayed presentation is multifactorial, with age, health literacy, social pressures, and co-morbidities, including psychiatric diseases, all playing a role in progression to a giant melanoma [ 4 , 14 ]. The patient in this case was fearful of the financial ramifications of time off work if she were to seek medical attention for her tumour.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Late diagnosis of a giant, pedunculated, cutaneous melanoma: a rare case study in an Australian tertiary centre

Ganko,

Copertino

2023

Journal of Surgical Case Reports

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Giant melanomas are uncommon tumours that still occur in Australia despite extensive public health messaging on the importance of early detection of skin cancers. We present the case of a 49-year-old female with a giant melanoma of her left arm measuring 101 × 71 × 22 mm, which had been growing for over 1 year and was metastatic on presentation. In this interesting case, we identify reasons for delayed presentation and highlight the importance of multi-disciplinary care in the management of such large tumours, with reference to other cases in the literature.

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