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Subungual acrolentiginous amelanotic melanoma treated with amputation of the distal and middle phalanges 

Zeitschrift:: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift > Ausgabe 15-16/2013

Autoren:: MD Claudio Guarneri, MD, PhD Valentina Bevelacqua, MD, PhD Kristina Semkova, MD, PhD Georgi Tchernev, Dipl.-Med Sven Tempel, MD Uwe Wollina

Summary

Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) is an uncommon melanoma type among Caucasions. ALM bears an unfavorable prognosis because of late presentation or common misdiagnosis. Amelanotic variants, albeit rare, may pose an additional clinical challenge and may further delay the diagnosis and treatment. Thus, the threshold for biopsying even marginally suspicious lesions should be low. We present two cases of Caucasian patients with amelanotic subungual ALM, stage 2a and 2c respectively, successfully treated with a functional amputation.

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Titel: Subungual acrolentiginous amelanotic melanoma treated with amputation of the distal and middle phalanges 
Autoren:: MD Claudio Guarneri
MD, PhD Valentina Bevelacqua
MD, PhD Kristina Semkova
MD, PhD Georgi Tchernev
Dipl.-Med Sven Tempel
MD Uwe Wollina
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10354-013-0194-4
Verlag: Springer Vienna
Zeitschrift: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift
Ausgabe 15-16/2013
Print ISSN: 0043-5341
Elektronische ISSN: 1563-258X

Springer Medizin Österreich

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