Development of melanoma throughout two close pregnancies. Case report.
Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol
; 22(3): 220-4, 1995.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7554260
ABSTRACT
Primary melanoma is the most malignant and the least frequent of all cutaneous tumors. Its incidence in pregnancy varies from 0.1 to 2.8/1000. Up to today, impact of pregnancy on melanoma's course is still a much debated question in the literature. Some earlier reports suggested a particularly serious prognosis for melanoma associated with pregnancy, while more recent studies show that pregnancy may influence relapses without significantly altering survival. This paper reports the case of a woman affected by melanoma, whose clinical conditions became more and more serious during her second pregnancy and the following puerperal period. The progressive impairment of her clinical condition has suggested a correlation between the two close pregnancies and the unfavourable course of her disease.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic
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Skin Neoplasms
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Melanoma
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol
Year:
1995
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy
Publication country:
SG
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SINGAPORE
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SINGAPUR
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SINGAPURA