RT Book, Section
A1 Karnes, Jonathan B.
A1 Usatine, Richard P.
A2 Usatine, Richard P.
A2 Smith, Mindy A.
A2 Mayeaux, Jr., E.J.
A2 Chumley, Heidi S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1164361658
T1 Melanoma
T2 The Color Atlas and Synopsis of Family Medicine, 3e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259862045
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164361658
RD 2024/04/18
AB A  51-year-old  woman  noticed  a  rapidly  growing  black  lesion  on  the  upper  arm  (Figure  179-1)  and  presented  to  her  doctor.  A  narrow-margin  biopsy  confirmed  an  8-mm-thick  nodular  melanoma.  She  was  referred  to  surgical  oncology  for  sentinel  lymph-node  biopsy,  and  one  node  was  positive.  She  underwent  a  course  of  chemotherapy,  and  though  she  remains  disease-free  2  years  later,  she  is  carefully  monitored  for  metastasis  and  new  primary  lesions  by  a  multidisciplinary  team  including  family  medicine,  dermatology,  and  medical  and  surgical  oncology.