Malignant Melanoma Metastasis to the Appendix as the First Presentation of Lentigo Maligna Melanoma

Shokouh Taghipour Zahir; Koorosh Rahmani; Seyed Abolfazl Hosseini

doi:10.34172/aim.2021.46

Arch Iran Med. 2021;24(4): 330-332.
doi: 10.34172/aim.2021.46

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Malignant Melanoma Metastasis to the Appendix as the First Presentation of Lentigo Maligna Melanoma

Shokouh Taghipour Zahir ¹^*, Koorosh Rahmani ¹, Seyed Abolfazl Hosseini ¹

¹ Shahid Sadoughi General Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding Author: Shokouh Taghipour Zahir, MD, AP, CP; Shahid Ghandi Blv., Department of Pathology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi General Hospital, Yazd, Iran. Tel: +98-913-3531471; Fax: +98-71-32355936; Email: , Email: taghipourzahirsh@gmail.com, taghipour@ssu.ac.ir

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is a malignant neoplasm of the skin and mucosal tissues, and its behavior is not predictable. Thus, it could metastasize via mysterious routes. Here, we report a rare case of acute abdomen and acute appendicitis which involved metastatic malignant melanoma in a 63-year-old man without a history of previously treated malignant melanoma.

Keywords: Appendicitis, Malignant melanoma, Metastasis

Cite this article as: Taghipour Zahir S, Rahmani K, Hosseini SA. Malignant melanoma metastasis to the appendix as the first presentation of lentigo maligna melanoma. Arch Iran Med. 2021;24(4):330-332. doi: 10.34172/aim.2021.46