Eruptive melanocytic nevi in a patient with amelanotic melanoma: a paraneoplastic phenomenon?

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Eruptive melanocytic nevi in a patient with amelanotic melanoma: a paraneoplastic phenomenon? Via Melanoma Research - Published Ahead-of-Print Eruptive melanocytic nevi (EMN) describes the sudden onset of cutaneous nevi over weeks or months. Such a clinical event is generally seen in young adult patients and may be related to several possible causes. We report here a case of EMN in an old male patient followed up for a thick amelanotic cutaneous melanoma. A few months after the eruption, multiple hepatic masses, diagnosed as melanoma metastasis, were detected. The presented case may suggest that EMN may be a paraneoplastic phenomenon of alert in patients being followed for melanoma or other malignancies. Received 6 June 2021 Accepted 15 October 2021 Correspondence to Vincenzo De Giorgi, MD, Department of Dermatology, University of Florence, Via Michelangelo 41, 50124 Firenze, Italy, Tel/fax: +0039 055 6939632; e-mail: vincenzo.degiorgi@unifi.it Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.