<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In clinical practice, positive personal history is considered to be as an indication of increased melanoma risk. The thickness of melanoma (Breslow Index) is the most important independent predicting factor of survival for stage I patients. We present a case of a second primary melanoma and basal cell carcinoma in a 48-year-old female patient with personal history of a superficial spreading melanoma located at the dorsal trunk with Breslow’s thickness of 0,5 mm and Clark’s II (stage IA) excised a year before, and a family background of melanoma. We would like to emphasize the benefits of digital dermatoscopy as well as teledermoscopy, and new teledermatology web services, in the follow-up of high-risk patients.</p></abstract>

In clinical practice, positive personal history is considered to be as an indication of increased melanoma risk. The thickness of melanoma (Breslow Index) is the most important independent predicting factor of survival for stage I patients. We present a case of a second primary melanoma and basal cell carcinoma in a 48-year-old female patient with personal history of a superficial spreading melanoma located at the dorsal trunk with Breslow’s thickness of 0,5 mm and Clark’s II (stage IA) excised a year before, and a family background of melanoma. We would like to emphasize the benefits of digital dermatoscopy as well as teledermoscopy, and new teledermatology web services, in the follow-up of high-risk patients.

Risk of a second cutaneous primary melanoma and basal cell carcinoma in patients with a previous primary diagnosis of melanoma: true impact of dermoscopy follow-up in the identification of high-risk persons/  Značaj dermoskopskog praćenja u identifikaciji osoba s visokim rizikom od pojave drugog primarnog kutanog melanoma – prikaz slučaja

Clinic of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Sarajevo, Clinical Center of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Serbian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology

In clinical practice, positive personal history is considered to be as an indication of increased melanoma risk. The thickness of melanoma (Breslow Index) is...

Published Online: Feb 12, 2013

Page range: 144 - 148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10249-011-0031-y

Keywords
Melanoma, Neoplasms, Second Primary, Dermoscopy, Lymph Nodes, Carcinoma, Basal Cell, Telemedicine, Follow-up Studies

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Published Online: Feb 12, 2013

Page range: 144 - 148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10249-011-0031-y

KeywordsMelanoma, Neoplasms, Second Primary, Dermoscopy, Lymph Nodes, Carcinoma, Basal Cell, Telemedicine, Follow-up Studies

This content is open access.

Keywords
Melanoma, Neoplasms, Second Primary, Dermoscopy, Lymph Nodes, Carcinoma, Basal Cell, Telemedicine, Follow-up Studies