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Erythema in the primary lesion of superficial spreading melanoma is not of prognostic importance
Author(s) -
McLEAN D.I.,
LEW R.A.,
SOBER A.J.,
MIHM M.C.,
FITZPATRICK T.B.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1982.tb00364.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatopathology , dermatology , library science , agency (philosophy) , family medicine , sociology , social science , computer science
SUMMARY The lesions of 163 patients with superficial spreading melanoma (SSM) were examined for the presence of erythema, and the lesions with and without erythema were compared. There was no statistically significant correlation with the histological level of invasion (Clark‐Mihm), sex or age of the patient, size of the lesion, location of the melanoma, or the presence of local, in transit or regional lymph node metastases. An examination of recurrence rate and patient survival showed that erythema in the lesion of an SSM had no correlation with prognosis.