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FRANK E. SMITH, MD; WALTER S. HENLY, MD; JOHN M. KNOX, MD; MONTAGUE LANE, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1966;117(6):820-823.

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FAMILIAL melanoma originating in sites other than the eye was first recorded by Cawley in 1952.¹ Since then several authors have reported 31 additional instances in which two or more family members were afflicted.^2-7 Included in this group are five families in which three relatives had malignant melanoma and two families in which four relatives were afflicted with the disease. Although there is considerable information available on the hereditary patterns of melanoma in animals, there is still relatively little corresponding data in humans with this tumor. The following report describes the occurrence of malignant melanoma in a mother and a son and represents the 33rd recording of extraocular familial melanoma.

Report of Cases

CASE 1.

—Patient N. M., a 72-year-old white woman noted a blue lesion on her right foot in 1962. She consulted a physician who cauterized the primary site. The lesion was 2x3 cm. In August . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
HOUSTON

From the departments of pharmacology, medicine, surgery, and dermatology Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston.

Footnotes
Received for publication March 8, 1966; accepted March 30.

Reprint requests to Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston 77025 (Dr. Lane).

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