Malignant melanoma with brain metastases

Authors

  • Yordán Martín Pozo Hospital Provincial Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Amelia Betancourt Pérez Hospital Provincial Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Damarys Pérez Fleites Hospital Provincial Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Keywords:

melanoma, neoplasm metastasis

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is a neoplasia of high aggressiveness, with great tendency to metastasize. Metastatic melanoma is considered an incurable disease; early diagnosis and treatment are the only strategies to improve prognosis in patients with this disease. The case of a patient who came to the Emergency Department at  "Arnaldo Milian Castro" Surgical  Clinic Hospital in Santa Clara, with neurological symptoms, for which a consultation was requested with a the Dermatology Specialist  by the presence of a lesion  presented  in skin; underwent the diagnosis of malignant melanoma with  brain metastases.

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Martín Pozo Y, Betancourt Pérez A, Pérez Fleites D. Malignant melanoma with brain metastases. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 28 [cited 2025 Jun. 29];8(2):75-80. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/129

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014): April-June

Section

Case Reports

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