Melanoma: A protective role of pregnancy? A case report and review of literature

作者：van Riempst J Schaepkens^*; Abdou M; Schertenleib P

来源：Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique, 2011, 56(1): 43-48.

DOI：10.1016/j.anplas.2010.10.010

• Melanoma
• Amelanotic
• Pregnancy
• Hormones
• Placental metastasis

Melanoma is actually one of the most common malignancies to be diagnosed during pregnancy. Nevertheless, the role of the pregnancy hormones on the melanoma course is not yet completely clear. We present the case of melanoma in a pregnant woman, with a particularly fulminant postpartum development. This raised the question of a possible protection by the pregnancy hormones against melanoma.

• 出版日期2011-2