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Eruptive melanocytic nevi in a patient with amelanotic melanoma: a paraneoplastic phenomenon?

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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… Click to show full 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.

Keywords: eruptive melanocytic; patient; melanocytic nevi; paraneoplastic phenomenon

Journal Title: Melanoma research
Year Published: 2021

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