DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2017.v05i02.006

Pages: 85-87

Childhood melanomas are rare tumours which occur before the onset of puberty. A very few cases have been documented in literature so far & the diagnosis requires high index of clinical suspicion. Here, we demonstrate a case of childhood melanoma in a 7 year old female child who presented with a nodular hyperpigmented lesion over the left knee joint. Clinical presentation & cytopathological findings raised a suspicion of malignant melanoma & the diagnosis was further confirmed on histopathological examination & immunohistochemistry.