Sequential Acral Lentiginous Melanomas of the Foot

Sequential Acral Lentiginous Melanomas of the Foot

A 64-year-old Japanese woman had a lightly brown-blackish pigmented macule (1.2 cm in diameter) on the left sole of her foot. She received surgical excision following a diagnosis of acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM), which was confirmed histopathologically. One month after the operation, a second mel...

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Main Authors: Jiro Uehara, Yasuhiro Ito, Ichiro Takahashi, Masaru Honma, Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto, Shinobu Matsuo, Hajime Iizuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2010-12-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatology
Subjects:
Acral lentiginous melanoma
Cyclin D1
Field cell model
Melanoma spread
Primary melanoma
Surgical margins
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/323467

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