| pubmed-article:2666791 | pubmed:abstractText | The incidence of primary and metastatic cutaneous malignant solid tumors was investigated in a pediatric dermatology department. Among 25,000 first time patients seen between 1971 and 1985, 19 had cutaneous malignant solid tumors with an annual incidence of 0.7 for every 1,000 pediatric dermatology patients. Nine cases had primary cutaneous tumors and 10 cases metastatic tumors. The majority of patients were infants (zero to two years). The tumors found were rhabdomyosarcoma, six cases; basal-cell carcinoma, four cases; neuroblastoma, three cases; malignant melanoma, two cases, squamous-cell carcinoma, dermatofibrosarcoma, atypical fibroxanthoma and myxopapillary ependymoma, one case of each. Predisposing factors for the developing of malignancy were present in 42% of patients. | lld:pubmed |
