Ann Plast Reconstr Surg | Volume 4, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Giant Cheek Melanoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Virginia Caliendo¹, Antongiulio Mangia^2*, Franco Picciotto¹ and Marco Fraccalvieri²

¹Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy ²Department of Surgical Sciences, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, University of Turin, Italy

^*Correspondance to: Antongiulio Mangia 

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Abstract

The rare cases of primary giant melanoma described in literature have been reported of the scalp, arm, abdomen and back and the majority of the cases presented with clinically palpable regional lymphadenopathy or extensive metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. We presented a case of 74 year-old woman with a giant cheek melanoma of 10.1 cm × 8.3 cm that underwent to excisional surgery of the tumor that left behind a large cheek wound defect. We used a dermal regeneration template followed after three weeks by Split-Thickness-Skin-Graft (STSG) to cover the wound. A wide excision appeared to be resolutive to the histological analysis. No metastasis has been described by total-body computed tomography; no regional lymphadenopathy resulted by ultrasound examination of the neck.

Keywords:

Giant melanoma; Face melanoma; Cheek

Citation:

Caliendo V, Mangia A, Picciotto F, Fraccalvieri M. Giant Cheek Melanoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Ann Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020; 4(1): 1051.