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- Title
A Case of Recurrent Malignant Melanoma of the Left Foot with In-Transit Metastases.
- Authors
OLIVIERI, DANIEL J.; HEFFERNAN, DAITHI S.; KONESS, R. JAMES
- Abstract
We report a 73-year-old male with recurrent amelanotic malignant melanoma of the left foot with in-transit metastases to the left thigh. In-transit metastatic melanoma can often represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for physicians. This patient was treated with talimogene laherparepvec injections (T-VEC; Imlygic) in the left inguinal and the left plantar region every two weeks for one year as oncolytic viral therapy for advanced nonoperable malignant melanoma. He then received consistent follow-up including blood work and PET scans every four months, and he also required further lymph node surgical dissection. To date, our patient has survived 3 years and 11 months, which is 27 months longer than the estimated median survival of 1 year 8 months for patients diagnosed with in-transit metastatic melanoma.
- Subjects
MELANOMA; PHYSICIANS; POSITRON emission tomography; METASTASIS; SURVIVAL rate; LYMPHADENECTOMY
- Publication
Rhode Island Medical Journal, 2021, Vol 104, Issue 7, p42
- ISSN
0363-7913
- Publication type
Article