Bob marley's disease: cerebral metastasis of acral melanoma / A doença de Bob Marley: metástases cerebrais de melanoma acral
Rev. bras. neurol
; 53(1): 42-44, jan.-mar. 2017. ilus
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ABSTRACT
Bob Marley's had a great importance to Jamaica, Caribbean popular music, and Pan-Africanism. Under the name of the Wailers, several Marley's success reggae albums were recorded between 1969 and 1975. After this, at the solo career, he was placed as the most important reggae singer. The disease that ruined Bob Marley was an acral melanoma (right hallux) that had a late diagnosis and treatment, followed by metastases to the abdomen, the lungs and the brain. Seizures have been the warning sign that the melanoma had spread, three years after the initial injury. We presented here the history of the disease of this famous singer and reported another patient with a case quite similar to him, calling his illness as "Bob Marley's disease".
RESUMO
Bob Marley representou um marco para a Jamaica, para a música popular do Caribe, e para o Pan-Africanismo. Com o nome de Wailers, vários álbuns de reggae foram gravados com sucesso entre 1969 e 1975. Em sua carreira solo, ele foi considerado o mais importante cantor de reggae. A doença que dizimou Bob Marley foi um melanoma acral (hálux direito) que teve um diagnóstico e tratamento tardios, seguido de metástases para o abdome, pulmões e encéfalo. Crises convulsivas foram o sinal de alerta, três anos após a lesão inicial, de que o melanoma estava disseminado. Nós apresentamos aqui a história da doença deste famoso cantor e relatamos um outro paciente com um caso similar ao qual denominamos "doença de Bob Marley".
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Main subject:
Skin Neoplasms
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Brain Neoplasms
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Melanoma
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Rev. bras. neurol
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
Year:
2017
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Article