Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Clinical and dermoscopic characteristics of amelanotic melanomas that are not of the nodular subtype

Abstract

Background  Amelanotic melanomas remain challenging to diagnose.


Objective  To analyze and describe the clinical and dermoscopic characteristics of amelanotic melanomas that are not of the nodular subtype.


Patients/Methods  We conducted a retrospective review of 20 consecutively diagnosed amelanotic melanomas. The clinical and dermoscopic images of pathologically confirmed amelanotic melanomas that were not of the nodular subtype were analyzed. In addition, the clinical diagnosis and the reasons why these lesions were biopsied were examined.


Results  All 20 amelanotic melanomas were erythematous and lacked any of the clinical ABCD features commonly attributed to melanoma. The ...

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