Invasive Primary Melanoma of the Kidney: A Rare Presentation of an Uncommon Malignancy and Review of Literature
Joshua Ghoulian, Jersey-Kate Castillo, Ronaldo Dario Gnass, Vicente Ramos-Santillan, Antoin Douglawi, David Caba, Muhannad Alsyouf · 2026
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Joshua Ghoulian and co-authors present, in 2026, a rare case of melanoma arising first in the kidney of a 78-year-old woman. Primary kidney melanoma is an uncommon cancer, distinct from the far more common clear cell kidney cancers that dominate kidney oncology.
The tumour was locally advanced, so surgeons removed the left kidney together with parts of the pancreas, the spleen, and the colon in one operation, followed by immune therapy. The report also reviews past literature on how this cancer is recognised and managed. Urologists and oncologists gain a full account of the surgical scale this disease can demand, plus a reminder to consider melanoma when a kidney tumour behaves in an unusual way.
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| CREATOR | Joshua Ghoulian, Jersey-Kate Castillo, Ronaldo Dario Gnass, Vicente Ramos-Santillan, Antoin Douglawi, David Caba, Muhannad Alsyouf |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16044 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |