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