Schaepkens van Riempst J, Abdou M, Schertenleib P
Département de chirurgie plastique, reconstructive et esthétique, hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, 4, rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 1211 Genève, Suisse.
Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2011 Feb;56(1):43-8. doi: 10.1016/j.anplas.2010.10.010. Epub 2010 Nov 23.
Melanoma is actually one of the most common malignancies to be diagnosed during pregnancy. Nevertheless, the role of the pregnancy hormones on the melanoma course is not yet completely clear. We present the case of melanoma in a pregnant woman, with a particularly fulminant postpartum development. This raised the question of a possible protection by the pregnancy hormones against melanoma.