Ann Plast Surg. 1991 Dec; 27(6): 583-5.

Giant melanoma of the inner thigh: a homeopathic life-threatening negligence.

Benmeir P, Neuman A, Weinberg A, Sucher E, Weshler Z, Lusthaus S, Rotem M, Eldad A, Wexler MR.

Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

The strange case of a 37-year-old modern, Western woman who presented with a giant black mass on her inner right thigh is presented. She was treated 10 months before this present admission by an excision of a nodular melanoma, and she was treated, thereafter, by a homeopathic practitioner until she came late to follow-up. The woman is discussed with special attention to the fact that alternative medicine does not always constitute good advice, and the relevant literature is reviewed.