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Amelanotic lentigo maligna melanoma of the face: a case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
CLIFF S.,
OTTER M.,
HOLDEN C.A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1997.tb01056.x
Subject(s) - lentigo maligna , dermatology , medicine , lentigo maligna melanoma , histopathological examination , lentigo , melanoma , histopathology , melanoma diagnosis , amelanotic melanoma , pathology , cancer research
Summary Amelanotic lentigo meligna melanoma is rare, only 10 cases over the face having been reported to date in the English literature. In none of these was the diagnosis suspected clinically, being made in all cases only after histopathological examination. We now report an unusual additional case of this uncommon lesion, which quickly progressed from an amclanotic lentigo maligna to an invasive melanoma in a short space of time, and review the literature concerning this condition.