Amelanotic metastatic melanoma in a patient with oculocutaneous albinism

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1993 May;28(5 Pt 2):895-900. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(93)70128-g.

Abstract

Melanomas are rare in patients who have albinism, compared with the frequent occurrence of squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. This report describes amelanotic metastatic melanoma in a 58-year-old Japanese man who had tyrosinase-positive oculocutaneous albinism. A prolonged bleeding time, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, and Gilbert syndrome were also present. Superficial spreading melanoma with evidence of spontaneous regression on his right forearm was suspected as a possible primary site. Twenty-two cases of melanomas in persons who have albinism have been reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Albinism, Oculocutaneous / complications*
  • Albinism, Oculocutaneous / pathology
  • Buttocks
  • Forearm
  • Gilbert Disease / complications
  • Gilbert Disease / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / complications*
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Melanoma / secondary*
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscular Dystrophies / complications
  • Muscular Dystrophies / pathology
  • Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous
  • Skin Neoplasms / complications*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*