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Dermoscopic diagnosis of amelanotic/hypomelanotic melanoma [PDF]

, 2016
Amelanotic/hypomelanotic melanoma (AHM) is a subtype including melanomas with little or no melanin pigmentation, amelanotic melanoma (AM); it represents 2-8 % of all melanomas.(1-2) AM may be difficult to diagnose because of lack of pigmentation and ...
Rubegni, P., Alaibac M, Pizzichetta, M. A, Argenziano, G., STANGANELLI, Ignazio, Kittler H, Astorino, S, Talamini, R., De Giorgi V, Ghigliotti G, Corradin, M T, De Giorgi, V, Ayala, F., Guardoli D, Ayala F, Ghigliotti, G., Pizzichetta, M A, Corradin, M. T, Talamini, R, Quaglino P, Corradin, M. T., Pellacani G, Ghigliotti, G, Argenziano, G, Bono, R, Specchio F, Talamini R, Italian Melanoma Intergroup (IMI), Bono, R., Specchio, F, Astorino S, Pizzichetta, M. A., Corradin MT, De Giorgi, V., Guardoli, D, Cavicchini, S., Stanganelli I, ARGENZIANO, Giuseppe, Kittler, H., Alaibac, M, Pellacani, G., Bono R, Cavicchini, S, Astorino, S., Quaglino, P., Stanganelli, I, Specchio, F., Argenziano G, Pellacani, G, Serraino, D, Rubegni P, Serraino, D., Alaibac, M., ALAIBAC, MAURO SALVATORE ALESSANDRO, Cavicchini S, Serraino D, Kittler, H, Rubegni, P, Ayala, F, Quaglino, P, GUARDOLI, Davide Vincenzo, Pizzichetta MA, Stanganelli, I.   +62 more
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Oral amelanotic malignant melanoma: a case report

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
Amelanotic malignant melanoma is an extremely rare and aggressive oral tumor. Herein we report the case of a 42-year-old woman presented with a painful growth in anterior maxillary region.
Zakaria Aziz, Salma Aboulouidad, Mohamed El Bouihi, Nadia Mansouri Hattab, Mohamed Chehbouni, Abdelaziz Raji   +5 more
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Expression of CD44 on two lines of transplantable melanoma cells--relationship with cytokine secretion and tumor progression.

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica, 2004
In the present work it was investigated if a spontaneous alteration of the native melanotic transplantable melanoma form into amelanotic form, connected with the tumor progression, is accompanied by changes of CD44 surface glycoprotein expression.
Sławomir Wójcik, Małgorzata Zarzeczna, Mirosława Cichorek, Krystyna Kozłowska   +3 more
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Oral Amelanotic Melanoma [PDF]

, 2012
Malignant melanomas of the mucosal regions of the head and neck are extremely rare neoplasms accounting for less than 1% of all melanomas.Approximately half of all head and neck melanomas occur in the oral cavity.
Adisa, AO, Olawole, WO, Sigbeku, OF
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Primary amelanotic malignant melanoma of the esophagus: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2019
Background Primary amelanotic malignant melanoma of esophagus, which is a subtype of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME), is a very rare disease with a poor prognosis. We herein report a case of the amelanotic type of PMME.
Naomichi Koga, Nobuhide Kubo, Hiroshi Saeki, Shun Sasaki, Tomoko Jogo, Kosuke Hirose, Yuichiro Nakashima, Eiji Oki, Yutaka Koga, Yoshinao Oda, Hisao Oiwa, Toshio Oiwa, Yoshihiko Maehara   +12 more
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Appearances of Primary Amelanotic Malign Melanoma in the Nasal Cavity: A Rare Case [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Malign melanoma of the nasal cavity that arises at such an unusual location is an exceptional case only occasionally mentioned in the literature.
Hediye Pinar Gunbey, Emre Gunbey, Asli Tanrıvermis Sayit, Kerim Aslan   +3 more
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Primary amelanotic malignant melanoma of the male urethra with inguinal lymph node metastasis successfully controlled by nivolumab: A case report

Urology Case Reports, 2018
We report a rare case of primary amelanotic malignant melanoma of the male urethra. A 65-year-old man with a urethral mass was referred to our hospital. A pathological diagnosis of a biopsy specimen revealed malignant melanoma.
Takashi Tokita, Takashi Kawahara, Yusuke Ito, Sohgo Tsutsumi, Koichi Abe, Kazuhiro Namura, Futoshi Sano, Koichi Shioi, Daiji Takamoto, Yasushi Yumura, Noboru Nakaigawa, Masahiro Yao, Hiroji Uemura, Hidefumi Wada, Yukio Tsuura, Kazuki Kobayashi   +15 more
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Primary Anorectal Amelanotic Melanoma: The First Case Report from Saudi Arabia

Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases, 2019
Anorectal melanomas are exceptionally uncommon and only 30% of anorectal melanomas are amelanotic. We report here a case of an anorectal amelanotic melanoma in a female patient. An 84-year-old patient complained of anal mass for 3 months. On examination,
Khaled Ali Baniyaseen, Muhammad Saeed, Ahmed Omar Albonni, Bothaina Mohammed Abdulshakour, Ghida Dairi, Faisal A. Al-Allaf, Mohiuddin M. Taher   +6 more
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Beyond Skin and Eyes: The Medical and Social Burden of Oculocutaneous Albinism in Africa: A Narrative Review

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a genetic disorder found worldwide, but its impact is particularly pronounced in the African continent. This results from both a higher prevalence and the persistent myths and superstitions surrounding the condition in many African communities.
Rebecca Donadoni, Niccolò Capurro, Alessandro Svizzero, Valeria Brazzelli   +3 more
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The Effects of an Educational Video on Patient Understanding of Amelanotic Melanoma

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Amelanotic melanoma (AM) is a subset of melanoma with little to no pigment that can masquerade as a benign condition, and is associated with delayed diagnosis, greater Breslow depth, higher tumour stage, and lower survival than pigmented melanoma.
Aria Wei, Bilal Haque, Kamil Taneja, Stephanie Savory   +3 more
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