TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2011 , Vol 26 , Num 1
Metachronous primary cutaneous malignant melanoma in a patient with laryngeal carcinoma
Adnan GÖRGÜLÜ,1 Süleyman PİŞKİN,1 Yıldız GÜRSEL,1 Ömer YALÇIN,2/sup> Hakan KARAGÖL3/sup>
1Trakya Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Dermatoloji Anabilim Dalı, Edirne
2Trakya Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, Edirne
3Trakya Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Tıbbi Onkoloji Bilim Dalı, Edirne Multiple primary tumors have long been considered as a feature of laryngeal carcinoma. The most common sites of primary tumors appearing during the course of laryngeal carcinoma were, in order, the lung, mouth and oropharynx. However, primary cutaneous neoplasm reported during the course of laryngeal carcinoma occurs very rarely. We report a case of primary cutaneous malignant melanoma that developed during the follow-up of a 43-year-old male with primary laryngeal carcinoma. We review the literature with these recent developments. Keywords : Laryngeal carcinoma; malignant melanoma; neoplasm; metachronous neoplasm; multiple primary tumors