Journal article
Prolonged evolution of a lentigo maligna
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Vol.51(5), pp.830-835
11/2004
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2002.09.002
PMID: 15523371
Abstract
Lentigo maligna (LM) is a melanocytic lesion which is a potential precursor to melanoma and often has a prolonged intraepidermal growth phase before evolving into lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM). LM is also noted for its tendency to locally recur after treatment. We present a patient who had a persistent LM on her left cheek which, despite multiple excisions, persisted and transformed into a partially amelanotic LMM roughly three decades later. Our patient's course was also notable for this melanoma recurring at the edge of, and subsequently migrating into, a previously placed skin graft.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Prolonged evolution of a lentigo maligna
- Creators
- Caroline Bevona - From the Department of DermatologyJessica Fewkes - Division of DermatopathologyVincent Liu - Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryArthur J Sober - From the Department of Dermatology
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Vol.51(5), pp.830-835
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jaad.2002.09.002
- PMID
- 15523371
- NLM abbreviation
- J Am Acad Dermatol
- ISSN
- 0190-9622
- eISSN
- 1097-6787
- Publisher
- Mosby, Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2004
- Academic Unit
- Dermatology; Pathology
- Record Identifier
- 9984025435802771
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