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Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 23.07.2021

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

In about 3% of all melanomas, no primary tumour can be found on the skin.

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Men are more frequently affected than women.

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About 90% of all malignant melanomas develop on the skin. Of the remainder, a large proportion develop in the eye (choroidal melanoma) or on the mucous membranes close to the skin.

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Garbe C et al (2003) Melanocytic naevi and malignant melanoma. In: Kerl H et al (ed.) Histopathology of the skin. Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York, S. 629-649

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Last updated on: 23.07.2021

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer