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[Swelling on the neck].

Benita JanischTobias Öttl
Published in: Praxis (2024)
A 30-year-old female patient presented with a swelling of a cervical left lymph node measuring 1x3 cm, which had been presenting for three weeks. Lymph node excision revealed a metastasis of a malignant melanoma, but the primary tumor was not found. The guidelines recommend neck dissection and adjuvant systemic or immunotherapy. The patient opted for immunotherapy with pembrolizumab and was tumor-free one year later.
Keyphrases
  • lymph node
  • case report
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • sentinel lymph node
  • early stage
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