De Giorgi V, Gemignani A, Scarfì F, Trane L, Silvestri F, Venturi F, Zuccaro B, Urso C. Eruptive melanocytic nevi in a patient with amelanotic melanoma: a paraneoplastic phenomenon?
Melanoma Res 2022;
32:63-66. [PMID:
34725315 PMCID:
PMC9904431 DOI:
10.1097/cmr.0000000000000797]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Eruptive melanocytic nevi (EMN) describes the sudden onset of cutaneous nevi over weeks or months. Such a clinical event is generally seen in young adult patients and may be related to several possible causes. We report here a case of EMN in an old male patient followed up for a thick amelanotic cutaneous melanoma. A few months after the eruption, multiple hepatic masses, diagnosed as melanoma metastasis, were detected. The presented case may suggest that EMN may be a paraneoplastic phenomenon of alert in patients being followed for melanoma or other malignancies.
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