Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Developing during Long-standing Atypical Melanosis: Usefulness of Dermoscopy for Detection of Early Acral Melanoma
- Authors
- Oh, Tae Seok; Bae, Eui Jong; Ro, Ki Woong; Seo, Soo Hong; Son, Sang Wook; Kim, Ill Hwan
- Issue Date
- Aug-2011
- Publisher
- KOREAN DERMATOLOGICAL ASSOC
- Keywords
- Acral lentiginous melanoma; Dermoscopy
- Citation
- ANNALS OF DERMATOLOGY, v.23, no.3, pp 400 - 404
- Pages
- 5
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- ANNALS OF DERMATOLOGY
- Volume
- 23
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 400
- End Page
- 404
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/13289
- DOI
- 10.5021/ad.2011.23.3.400
- ISSN
- 1013-9087
2005-3894
- Abstract
- Clinical guidelines suggest that suspicious pigmented lesions of the plantar or palmar area require biopsy for early detection of acral melanoma. We present here a case of acral lentiginous melanoma in which various melanocytic atypia was observed at each biopsy site, including focal melanocytic proliferation. We suggest that this atypical melanosis is part of a contiguous phase of invasive tumor growth, which is known as the very early stage of melanoma in situ. In addition, noninvasive dermoscopy has been effective for the early discovery of hidden lesions of acral melanoma. (Ann Dermatol 23(3) 400 similar to 404, 2011)
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