%0 Journal Article
%T Przerzuty czerniaka z o liwego do sk¨®ry brzucha i klatki piersiowej imituj ce infekcj  wirusem herpes zoster ¨C opis przypadku
%A Beata Bergler-Czop
%A Mariola Wygl£¿dowska-Kania
%A Ligia Brzezi¨½ska-Wcis£¿o
%J Przegl£¿d Dermatologiczny
%D 2011
%I Termedia Publishing House
%X Introduction. Melanoma is a malignant neoplasm of melanocytic origin.The risk of melanoma among the white race in Europe and USA isfrom 1/100 000 to 1/200 000.Objective. To present a case with multiple melanoma metastases to theskin of the thorax and abdomen with an atypical clinical picture mimickingherpes zoster infection.Case report. Male patient 77 years old. The primary lesion ¨C a darkbrown nodule, 2 cm in diameter ¨C appeared half a year earlier. Underlocal anaesthesia, the nodule was removed with a 3 cm skin margin.Two months later, multiple, non-painful, brown nodules appeared onthe left part of the chest and abdomen and were diagnosed as herpeszoster. The histopathological examination revealed melanoma metastases.Conclusions. We present a case of very fast appearance of malignantmelanoma metastases, resembling herpes zoster infection. Althoughsuch a picture is rare, it is important to take this diagnosis into accountin patients with ¡°zoster¡± with no pain, resistant to antiviral treatment,and especially in patients with known melanoma history.
%K melanoma malignum
%K metastases
%K herpes zoster
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