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In situ amelanotic melanoma of the nail unit mimicking lichen planus: report of 3 cases.

open access: yes, 2010
Nail apparatus melanoma is known to be associated with a poor prognosis, mainly because of a delay in diagnosis that is made at an invasive stage. This delay is particularly true in cases involving amelanotic melanoma. To our knowledge, only 1 case of in
Sophie Goettmann-Bonvallot   +5 more
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Metastatic amelanotic nodular melanoma during pregnancy

open access: yes, 2008
This case report presents a very aggressive course of amelanotic nodular melanoma during pregnancy resulting in death five months after delivery. A 34 year-old Caucasian woman at 19th week of the second pregnancy was diagnosed having amelanotic nodular ...
Skaidra Valiukevičienė   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The Role of Digital Dermoscopy and Follow-Up in the Detection of Amelanotic/Hypomelanotic Melanoma in a Group of High-Risk Patients—Is It Useful?

open access: yesLife
The prognosis, outcome, and overall survival of melanoma patients improve with early diagnosis which has been facilitated in the past few decades with the introduction of dermoscopy.
Ružica Jurakić Tončić   +5 more
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An amelanotic nail bed melanoma presenting as persistent onychodystrophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Nail apparatus melanomas are rare and may present with a wide variety of clinical presentations. In particular, the amelanotic subtype can pose a diagnostic challenge, often leading to a poor prognosis related to a delayed diagnosis.
Vincek, Vladimir   +3 more
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Loss of Adhesion in the Circulation Converts Amelanotic Metastatic Melanoma Cells to Melanotic by Inhibition of AKT

open access: yesNeoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research, 2006
Direct injection of murine K-1735 melanoma cells into the subcutis, lung, or brain of syngeneic mice produces amelanotic tumors, whereas intravenous injection into the lateral tail vein or internal carotid artery produces both amelanotic and melanotic ...
Weihua Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Amelanotic conjunctival melanoma

open access: yes, 2006
Conjunctival melanoma is a rare condition of the eye pigment predominantly affecting white adults. We describe a 32-year-old white man with an amelanotic malignant melanoma of the conjunctiva that is not associated with primary acquired melanosis (PAM ...
ARAGONA, Federico   +4 more
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Hyporeflective pagetoid cells: A new clue for amelanotic melanoma diagnosis by reflectance confocal microscopy

open access: yes, 2014
Background Amelanotic melanoma represents a diagnostic challenge both clinically and dermoscopically. Few studies based on case series have explored the possibility of using reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) to diagnose amelanotic melanoma ...
Longo C.   +6 more
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Immunohistochemical Diagnosis of Canine Oral Amelanotic Melanocytic Neoplasms

open access: yes, 2010
Definitive diagnosis of canine oral melanocytic neoplasms is often difficult because of variability in pigmentation and cellular pleomorphism. These neoplasms can resemble carcinomas, sarcomas, and round cell neoplasms, which differ in prognosis and ...
J. Lamoureux   +3 more
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Unilateral amelanotic conjunctival malignant melanoma: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports
Introduction Cutaneous malignant melanomas rarely occur in the eye, usually in the eyelids or the conjunctiva. Conjunctival malignant melanomas are even rarer. Most melanomas are dark in color as they are pigmented.
Marcelo Ayala   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case Report - Anorectal amelanotic malignant melanoma

open access: yes, 2003
A 45-year-old lady presented with history of painless bleeding per rectum for 2 months. Colonoscopy revealed a small growth involving the region of the anorectal junction, biopsy of which was reported to be poorly differentiated carcinoma, with the ...
Manimala Ray   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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