Lentigo maligna melanoma

Lentigo maligna melanoma
SpecialtyOncology, dermatology 

Lentigo maligna melanoma is a melanoma that has evolved from a lentigo maligna,[1]: 695  as seen as a lentigo maligna with melanoma cells invading below the boundaries of the epidermis.[2] They are usually found on chronically sun damaged skin such as the face and the forearms of the elderly.

Lentigo maligna is the non-invasive skin growth that some pathologists consider to be a melanoma-in-situ.[3] A few pathologists do not consider lentigo maligna to be a melanoma at all, but a precursor to melanomas. Once a lentigo maligna becomes a lentigo maligna melanoma, it is treated as if it were an invasive melanoma.

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  2. ^ Michael Xiong; Ahmad Charifa; Chih Shan J. Chen. "Cancer, Lentigo Maligna Melanoma". StatPearls, National Center for Biotechnology Information. Last Update: May 18, 2019.
  3. ^ McKenna JK, Florell SR, Goldman GD, Bowen GM (April 2006). "Lentigo maligna/lentigo maligna melanoma: current state of diagnosis and treatment". Dermatol Surg. 32 (4): 493–504. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32102.x. PMID 16681656.
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