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Two malignant melanomas in skin and tonsil during consecutive pregnancies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Alice Walsted ,
Jens Thomsen  and
P. L. Nielsen
Alice Walsted
Affiliation:
Departments of Oto-rhino-laryngology and Pathology,Gentofte University Hospital, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark
Jens Thomsen*
Affiliation:
Departments of Oto-rhino-laryngology and Pathology,Gentofte University Hospital, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark
P. L. Nielsen
Affiliation:
Departments of Oto-rhino-laryngology and Pathology,Gentofte University Hospital, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark
*
Jens Thomsen, M.D., ENT Department, Gentofte University Hospital, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark.
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Abstract

A patient is described with two primary malignant melanomas which developed during consecutive pregnancies four years apart. The first melanoma was of the cutaneous nodular type located on the arm. The second, of the superficial spreading type, was located in the oral mucosa near the right tonsil. The influence of pregnancy on the development and outcome of malignant melanomas is discussed, and the risk of a subsequent pregnancy is emphasised.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 8 , August 1989 , pp. 780 - 782
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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