Multiple primary skin cancer: case report and literature review

Abstract

Multiple primary form of melanoma is one of the variants of the clinical course of this tumor. Typically two primary lesions are diagnosed and secondary tumor differs much in terms of clinical and pathological characteristics. Besides subsequent melanomas, patients are at higher risk of developing non-melanoma skin cancer, tumors of the breast, prostate gland, kidneys and the gastrointestinal tract. The article describes the case of multiple primary skin cancer, manifested by two primary melanomas and basal cell carcinoma, and literature review on this issue.