Difficulties of diagnosis and treatment in a case of malignant melanoma

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is a rare form of skin cancer, which is only about 3-4% of all skin cancers, but results in a mortality rate up to 65-70%. The vast majority of melanomas are diagnosed in stage 0, I and II, but there were cases when the primary diagnosis of malignant melanoma patients was put directly in stage IV metastatic disseminated lymph nodes, lung, liver, spleen, bone, brain. In the case of a patient with metastatic melanoma, poor biological condition limits the diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities.