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Isao Ishida, MD, PhD; Yuji Yamaguchi, MD, PhD; Atsushi Tanemura, MD, PhD; Ko Hosokawa, MD, PhD; Satoshi Itami, MD, PhD; Akimichi Morita, MD, PhD; Ichiro Katayama, MD, PhD

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Alexander et al¹ found that approximately 31% of 87 reported cases of melanoma in pregnancy had transplacental metastases. We describe herein a patient with stage III melanoma treated with chemotherapy.

Report of a Case

A 29-year-old pregnant Japanese woman noticed the enlargement, elevation, and erosion of a pigmented spot on the anterior aspect of her left thigh. She was referred to our hospital at 17 weeks' gestation. An ulcerated blackish nodule, 20 mm in diameter, had arisen from an asymmetrical, multicolored nevoid lesion, 25 x 30 mm, with irregular borders (Figure 1).

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Clinical view of the melanoma on the thigh of a pregnant 29-year-old Japanese woman. A, Frontal view. B, Lateral view.

Based on the findings of an excisional biopsy (Figure . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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