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DR. S. W. BECKER; DR. E. B. RITCHIE

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1930;22(4):741-747.

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Malignant Melanoma.

A woman, aged 44, was first seen in the Department of Surgery in December, 1929, complaining of pain in the upper right quadrant. Her right eye had been removed four years previously for glaucoma. Inquiry brought the statement from the oculist that there had been no sign of melanoma at that time. The urine had been brown three months before admission, but was normal in appearance on admission. She was found to have an enlarged liver, and roentgen studies revealed stones in the gallbladder. A cholecystectomy was performed. At operation the liver was found to be large and black. A diagnosis of malignant melanoma was made. One month later some small tumors of the scalp were removed, which proved to be sebaceous cysts. At the same time a small cutaneous tumor was removed from the wall of the chest, which proved to be malignant melanoma (fig. 1). There . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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