A case of humeral interval node metastasis of malignant melanoma in the right thumb

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  • YOSHIDA Hisatoshi
    <i>Department of Dermatology, The Jikei University School of Medicine</i>
  • FUKUCHI Osamu
    <i>Department of Dermatology, The Jikei University School of Medicine</i>
  • MATSUO Koma
    <i>Department of Dermatology, The Jikei University School of Medicine</i>
  • NAKAGAWA Hidemi
    <i>Department of Dermatology, The Jikei University School of Medicine</i>

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  • 上腕部にinterval node転移を認めた右母指悪性黒色腫の1例

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Malignant melanoma in the right thumb of a 45-year-old man was operated on by IP joint amputation with right axillary lymph node dissection. Micrometastasis in one of 26 lymph nodes was present, leading to Stage IIIA (pT2aN1aM0). He was followed by a total of five courses of adjuvant chemotherapy with DAV-feron. A right humeral subcutaneous tumor appeared 39 months postoperatively. A lymphoscintigraphy labeled 99mTc-stannous phytate disclosed only a palpable humeral tumor. We resected it, and diagnosed it as an interval lymph node metastasis of melanoma by histological examination. The cubital lymph node is known to be common as an interval node, while the humeral interval lymph node is very rare.[Skin Cancer (Japan) 2009 ; 24 : 85-90]

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  • Skin Cancer

    Skin Cancer 24 (1), 85-90, 2009

    The Japanese Skin Cancer Society

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