Melanoma in situ in a 19-year-old patient – A case report

Abstract

Melanoma is rare in children and adolescents, paediatric melanoma accounting for less than 1% of all melanoma diagnoses.1 The three most common subtypes in the paediatric population include Spitzoid melanoma, melanoma arising in a congenital melanocytic nevus, and conventional (also known as adult-type) melanoma. In childhood (<11 years), most reported melanomas are Spitzoid, whereas melanoma arising in a congenital nevus occurs much less often. In adolescence (11–19 years), the spitzoid subtype accounts for half of all melanomas, whereas the remainder are considered conventional.