Moriarty, Natassja and Moriarty, Jonathan (2019) Highlighting the Link between Parkinson’s Disease and Malignant Melanoma: A Case Report and Literature Review. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 6 (11). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
The aim of this case report and literature review is to explore the rarely highlighted co-occurrence of malignant melanoma and Parkinson’s disease (PD) and to describe the devastating effects on those affected. We present a case of acute confusion and worsening shuffling gait in a patient with Parkinson’s disease who eventually succumbed to metastatic malignant melanoma, secondary to a primary malignant melanoma on the back that was treated 6 years earlier. More research is needed to better characterize the associations between these two conditions, and to evaluate the effectiveness of prevention strategies such as melanoma screening for adults with PD.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Parkinson’s, malignant, melanoma |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2020 09:15 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2020 09:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/19544 |
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