Melanoma developed during pregnancy--a case report

An Bras Dermatol. 2014 Jan-Feb;89(1):157-9. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132359.

Abstract

We describe a case of plantar interdigital cutaneous melanoma in a 22-year-old woman who reported changes in a pigmented lesion during pregnancy. Diagnosis was late and evolution unfavourable. The purpose of this report is to draw the attention of dermatologists to the need for careful regular examination of melanocytic lesions in pregnant women, not ignoring possible changes as always physiological.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Dermoscopy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Foot Diseases / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / pathology*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Toes
  • Young Adult