Abstract
This is a case study of a female patient diagnosed with superficial spreading melanoma who decided to treat the lesion by the application of a preparation known as black salve. Persistence of the melanoma was documented five years later with subsequent evidence of metastatic spread to the regional lymph nodes, lungs, liver, subcutaneous tissues and musculature. A literature search has revealed one other case study of the use of black salve for the treatment of melanoma.
Highlights
Received: November 25, 2013; Accepted: December 27, 2013; Published: July 31, 2014. This is a case study of a female patient diagnosed with superficial spreading melanoma who decided to treat the lesion by the application of a preparation known as black salve
2011, five years later, when the patient presented for a routine skin check, a small dark blue firm nodule with surrounding skin discoloration was noticed on her right calf at the site of the biopsied melanoma (Figure 1A)
One other case of black salve being used to treat melanoma has been reported in the literature
Summary
This is a case study of a female patient diagnosed with superficial spreading melanoma who decided to treat the lesion by the application of a preparation known as black salve. Persistence of the melanoma was documented five years later with subsequent evidence of metastatic spread to the regional lymph nodes, lungs, liver, subcutaneous tissues and musculature. A literature search has revealed one other case study of the use of black salve for the treatment of melanoma.
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