Melanoma skin metastasis

In order to evaluate the incidence, clinical features and prognosis of cutaneous tumor métastasés, the records of adult patients with melanoma treated over a thirteen year period were examined. The diagnosis of Melanoma skin métastasés was established in 221 (11,3%) of 1,948 patients. Each diagnosis was histologically confirmed by evaluation of both the primary tumor and the skin. Metastatic cutaneous melanoma presented with a wide variety of lesions: satellite, thrombophlebitis-like, inflammatory and nodular. In some cases the combination of satellite and nodular métastasés was observed. Cancer patients with cutaneous métastasés have a poor prognosis: the median survival of these patients is reduced by almost a half in comparison with cancer patients without cutaneous métastasés.