Vitiligo in a Patient with Metastatic Melanoma from Nigeria
Keywords:
Vitiligo, Melanoma, MelanocytesAbstract
The association of vitiligo and melanoma has been reported by many investigators. Patients with co-existing vitiligo
and melanoma express identical antigens on both melanocytes and melanoma cells. Immune response to these
antigens is responsible for delayed progression, improvement and subsequent regression of melanoma. Thus,this
association portends long term survival even in patients with metastatic disease.We here present a 55year old man
with melanoma for five years who apparently started noticing regression in the lesion with the appearance of vitiligo.
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