Sono presentati 42 casi di melanoma maligno in pazienti egiziani e una rassegna di 165 casi precedentemente riportati in letteratura. L'età media era di 48 anni e leggermente superiore nei maschi. Di tutti i casi studiati, il 67% dei melanomi erano cutanei, il 22% extracutanei e l'11% a sede primaria sconosciuta. Lentigo maligna e i melanomi a diffusione superficiale sono stati eccezionalmente rari. Il piede è stata la sede più comune (43%) del melanoma cutaneo, seguito dalla regione testa-collo (26%). La frequenza di melanomi del piede è stata superiore a quella riscontrata nei caucasiani di pelle più chiara, mentre è stata inferiore a quella osservata nella razza negra. Vengono discussi i possibili fattori responsabili di questa variazione di localizzazione dei melanomi tra le differenti razze.
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