melanosis cutis

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Etiology

Clinical manifestations

progressive gray-blue discoloration (melanosis) of skin (image)^[1]

Complications

often an ominous sign of metastatic melanoma

Management

treatment of metastatic melanoma with ipilimumab resulted in 16 month survival for 76 year old man^[1]

More general terms

melanosis

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Jansen T, Hoff NP. IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE. Diffuse Melanosis Cutis. N Engl J Med. 2016 Mar 24;374(12):1177. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27007961

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