Multiple Melanoma

A colleague of mine was diagnosed last week with melanoma. Three on his back and another on his face. I do not know the details about the duration of her since she saw a dermatologist, but I've never heard of being diagnosed with four simultaneously. Does this mean that one of them has spread that caused the formation of others?

Wow, I've never heard of it either. I do not think they are as usual metastatic melanoma is in - in the deeper layers of skin, muscle, and it tends to be metastatic to the brain and internal organs. It looks like she has a genetic mutation that has left her vulnerable to melanoma. Unfortunately, melanoma is a skin cancer very aggressive and he does not look like it will have great chances of survival, but sometimes miracles. Ask what it receives ...