Association of human papillomavirus type 16 with malignant melanoma

Am J Dermatopathol. 1998 Feb;20(1):69-73. doi: 10.1097/00000372-199802000-00014.

Abstract

We report a case of malignant melanoma associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) in a 37-year-old woman. The patient has had numerous brown papular and nodular tumors, 5 to 30 mm in diameter, on her left leg for > 15 years, some of them coalescing rapidly in the last 12 months to a multilobulated black nodule diagnosed as malignant melanoma by histology and immunohistochemistry. HPV type 16 DNA was detected in the melanoma specimen by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR) and in situ hybridization (ISH) of the tumor tissues. This is the first report of melanoma associated with HPV 16.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Melanoma / chemistry
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Melanoma / virology*
  • Melanoma-Specific Antigens
  • Neoplasm Proteins / analysis
  • Papillomaviridae / isolation & purification*
  • Papillomavirus Infections / pathology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • S100 Proteins / analysis
  • Tumor Virus Infections / pathology*

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Melanoma-Specific Antigens
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • S100 Proteins