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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 29.
Published in final edited form as: Melanoma Res. 2014 Aug;24(4):342–348. doi: 10.1097/CMR.0000000000000062

Table 3.

Patient risk factors for brain metastasis

Patients Months to CNS
metastasis
Sex Primary
site
Primary
type
Primary Clark
level
Primary Breslow score
(mm)
Primary ulceration
status
Number of involved
LNs
Metastasis
grade
LDH
1 12.00 Male H&N Cut Unknown Unknown Unknown > 3 M1c nl
2 NA Male Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown > 3 M1a nl
3 NA Male Nail Acro IV 6.20 Ulc > 3 M1c High
4 4.33 Female Chest
 wall
Cut IV 0.80 nUlc > 3 M1c High
5 2.86 Male  H&N Nodular IV 4.90 nUlc > 3 M1c High
6 5.33 Male Trunk Cut IV 4.30 Ulc 0 M1c High
7 1.66 Female Trunk Cut Unknown 4.75 nUlc > 3 M1c nl
8 5.33 Male Sinus Mucosal Unknown Unknown Unknown > 3 M1c nl
9 NA Female Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown > 3 M1c nl

Arco, acrolentiginous; CNS, central nervous system; Cut, cutaneous; H&N, head and neck; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; LN, lymph node; NA, not applicable (patient did not develop CNS yet); nl, normal; nUlc, nonulcerated; Ulc, ulcerated.