Breast metastasis of a dorsal melanoma: About one case and literature review

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Rarely a breast mass could suggest a metastasis of another primitive site. Intramammary metastasis of extramammary cancers are infrequent and it’s also a sign of advanced disease with a poor prognosis. OBSERVATION: The case we are reporting is a patient followed in our ward for dorsal malignant melanoma who presents a breast metastasis diagnosed 13 months after the removal of the primary lesion. CONCLUSION: Through this case, we did a review of the literature that allowed us to update knowledge on this unusual secondary localisation of malignant melanoma. KEYWORDS: Melanoma; Breast metastasis; Poor prognosis.