Title: Amelanotic acral lentiginous melanoma mimicking diabetic ulcer: a challenge to diagnose and treat
Abstract:The clinical diagnosis of amelanotic melanoma is challenging. An accurate diagnosis tends to be delayed because of the similarity between amelanotic melanoma and benign skin lesions or non-melanoma sk...The clinical diagnosis of amelanotic melanoma is challenging. An accurate diagnosis tends to be delayed because of the similarity between amelanotic melanoma and benign skin lesions or non-melanoma skin neoplasms, leading to an unfavourable prognosis.An 80-year-old man was referred to our plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic because of a 5-month history of an intractable ulcer on the left heel. He had a 20-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Under the diagnosis of diabetic ulcer, for the [...]Read More
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: letter
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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