Abstract
A 16-year-old girl presented with general skin tanning, multiple dark melanocytic nevi and an enlarging nevus in her left groin following self-injections of Melanotan 2 and attending a UV tanning studio. She had been referred by her GP who was concerned that some of the darkened nevi were potentially malignant.
Highlights
Case presentationThe patient had skin type 3 according to the Fitzpatrick classification and she had more than 50 moles present on her skin
A 16-year-old girl presented with general skin tanning, multiple dark melanocytic nevi and an enlarging nevus in her left groin following self-injections of Melanotan 2 and attending a UV tanning studio
The patient fulfils the criteria for familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome
Summary
The patient had skin type 3 according to the Fitzpatrick classification and she had more than 50 moles present on her skin Her mother had had a level 1 malignant melanoma removed from her abdomen in 2008. The history and dermatoscopic appearance (Figures 1 and 2) the enlarging 14 mm x 8 mm pigmented lesion on her left groin was removed (on dermatoscopy, the nevus showed 4 colors, black dots and central blue white structures.). The patient was reviewed with her mother three months later She ceased the injections of Melanotan 2 but still attended a solarium for at least 10 minutes every two weeks. Dermatoscopy of moles on her lower back and left neck were compared at the time of Melanotan 2 injection cessation (initial presentation of the patient) and three months later (Figure 5).
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