Case Report

Late Metastatic Melanoma after 25 Years: A Case Report and a Brief Literature Review

Table 1

List of publications regarding the frequency of late metastases (usually >10 years) from CMM (based on Farie et al.).

SourceYearTotal number of patients with MMLate recurrencePercentageMedian tumor thickness

Osella-Abate et al. [5]20141372775.6NA
Faries et al. [35]201347313276.91.23
Brauer et al. [24]20105497012.751.48
Hansel et al. [28]20101881191.012.24
Leman and Mac Kie [36]20033822250.652.21
Schmidt-Wendtner, et al. [37]20001026313.021.42
Shen et al. [38]2000190721711.371.3
Peters et al. [39]19971015363.541.78
Tsao et al. [15]19971010201.981.38
Pearlman et al. [40]1992NA19NANA
Tahery and Moy [41]199295680.831.85
Levy et al. [42]1991NA5NA1.03
Crowley and Seigler [4]199065116825.81.6
McEwan et al. [43]1990264114.161.31
Callaway and Briggs [7]1989NA5NA1.8
Gutman et al. [44]19899466.38NA
Landthaler et al. [45]1989NA10NA1.71
Shaw et al. [17]19851283342.652
Briele et al. [14]198310576.661.91
Wilbur [16]1931NA3NANA