Addison's disease as a presentation of metastatic malignant melanoma

Melanoma accounts for 5% of all skin cancers. The risk of metastasis is related to the thickness of the tumour, and can affect local, regional and distant sites. Adrenal metastasis from melanoma of the head and neck is uncommon and often asymptomatic. Addison's disease as a presentation of meta...

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Published in:Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2016-01, Vol.98 (1), p.e11-e12
Main Authors: Srinivasan, B, Patel, M, Ethunandan, M, Ilankovan, V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addison Disease - diagnosis
Addison Disease - etiology
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - complications
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - diagnosis
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - secondary
Adrenal glands
Aged
Anorexia
Autoimmune diseases
Chemotherapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Endocrine disorders
Head & neck cancer
Humans
Image-Guided Biopsy
Male
Medical imaging
Medical prognosis
Melanoma
Melanoma - complications
Melanoma - diagnosis
Melanoma - secondary
Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
Online Case Report
Pathology
Patients
Skin cancer
Skin Neoplasms - complications
Skin Neoplasms - pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tumors
Whole Body Imaging
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Summary:Melanoma accounts for 5% of all skin cancers. The risk of metastasis is related to the thickness of the tumour, and can affect local, regional and distant sites. Adrenal metastasis from melanoma of the head and neck is uncommon and often asymptomatic. Addison's disease as a presentation of metastatic melanoma is extremely rare and we are unaware of previous reports in the world literature. We report a case of a patient with metastatic melanoma presenting with signs and symptoms of Addison's disease.
ISSN:0035-8843
1478-7083
DOI:10.1308/rcsann.2016.0035