Sartans and Melanoma: Valsartan Induced Multiple Primary Cutaneous Melanomas: first Description in the Medical Literature!

Abstract

The data in the medical literature about the possible development of cutaneous melanoma and dysplastic nevi after therapy with sartans in the world literature are already dozens. The role of the renin angiotensin system in various cancers such as melanoma but breast cancer also seems to be discussed in the past, in the present, but seems to be still the subject of many future discussions, which do not have a definitive solution. We describe the first case of multiple cutaneous melanomas in the world literature, which developed simultaneously after the introduction of systemic antihypertensive therapy with Valsartan. Given the already established role of the renin angiotensin system in melanogenesis, as well as the possibility of promoting carcinogenesis through the practical influence of the “pure substance” of sartans, their widespread use in the treatment of hypertension should be seriously debated.