Malignant melanoma; an anatomopathologic study during an eight year period

Authors

  • María Vergara Hidalgo Hospital Asistencial “Celestino Hernández Robau”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Rafael Castillo García Hospital Asistencial “Celestino Hernández Robau”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • María L. García Gómez Hospital Asistencial “Celestino Hernández Robau”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Viveity Hernández Castellón Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Ernesto Javier Lagomasino Vergara Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

melanoma/diagnosis, epidemiology, descriptive

Abstract

There has been a worldwide increase in the incidence of malignant melanoma over the last decades. The importance of its early diagnosis and the close relationship with environmental factors has been the fundamental reason that motivated this work which is aimed at determining the incidence of malignant melanoma in our environment identifying its distribution according to age and gender, the main anatomical location and the most common histological variants. A total amount of 40 964 biopsy requests were reviewed in this descriptive retrospective study. A sample of 69 cases was chosen –taking into account the presence of cutaneous malignant melanoma. A statistical analysis was carried out and the following variables were operationalized: age, gender, location of the malignant tumor, histological variant and prognostic index. The main results were an increase in the diagnosis of malignant melanoma; most of the cases were in the fifth decade of life; the lower limbs were the most common anatomical location; the predominant histological variant was the superficial extensive one, Clark 's levels I and II and Breslow's group one.

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Author Biographies

María Vergara Hidalgo, Hospital Asistencial “Celestino Hernández Robau”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grados en Anatomía Patológica. Profesora Asistente del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Rafael Castillo García, Hospital Asistencial “Celestino Hernández Robau”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Anatomía Patológica. Profesor Asistente del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

María L. García Gómez, Hospital Asistencial “Celestino Hernández Robau”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grados en Anatomía Patológica. Profesora Auxiliar del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Viveity Hernández Castellón, Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Estudiante de Medicina

Ernesto Javier Lagomasino Vergara, Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Estudiante de Medicina

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How to Cite

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Vergara Hidalgo M, Castillo García R, García Gómez ML, Hernández Castellón V, Lagomasino Vergara EJ. Malignant melanoma; an anatomopathologic study during an eight year period. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2009 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];3(1):3-8. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/419

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2009): January-April

Section

Original Articles

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