Lentigo maligna - anatomic location as a potential risk factor for recurrences after non-surgical treatment [PDF]
, 2016 Background: A higher incidence of lentigo maligna (LM) recurrences on the nose was previously observed in our cohort after non-surgical treatment. Objectives: To determine histological parameters that might be related to the previously observed higher ...
Doorn, M.B.A. (Martijn) van +4 more
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[Translated article] Update on Lentigo Maligna: Diagnostic Signs and Treatment
Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas, 2023 Lentigo maligna is an in situ cutaneous melanoma that arises in sun-damaged skin. Its most common presentation is a progressive, slow-growing, irregularly pigmented spot on the face of older patients. Although the exact percentage of lentigo maligna that
C. Requena, E. Manrique, E. Nagore
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Challenge in diagnosis and management of lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma [PDF]
JDVI (Journal of General Procedural Dermatology & Venereology Indonesia), 2017 Lentigo maligna (LM) is a subtype of melanoma in situ, which can evolve into lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM) if treated inadequately. LM and LMM are usually found on chronically sun damaged skin such as the face (cheek and nose) of the elderly on seventh ...
Ika Anggraini +4 more
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El lentigo maligno: actualización y claves en el diagnóstico y el tratamiento
Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas, 2023 Resumen: El lentigo maligno es un melanoma cutáneo in situ que asienta en zonas con daño solar acumulado. Su presentación más habitual es como una mancha irregularmente pigmentada de crecimiento lento y progresivo localizada en la cara de un paciente ...
C. Requena, E. Manrique, E. Nagore
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Acta Medica, 2020 Aim: The evaluation of the trend in the occurrence of melanoma nodulare, melanoma superficiale, lentigo maligna and melanoma in situ in the period of 2002–2017 in East Bohemia region in the Czech Republic.
Jarmila Čelakovská +4 more
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Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, 2023 Introduction: Lentigo maligna is a subtype of melanoma in situ that typically affects the head and neck region with an increasing incidence. Margin-controlled techniques, such as spaghetti technique (ST), have gained popularity over wide local excision (
Manel Martinez-Molina +8 more
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Amelanotic Melanoma Treated as Fungal Infection for Years
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, 2022 This study describes a case of amelanotic lentigo maligna melanoma in a 69-year-old female that had been growing for approximately 5 years. The asymptomatic lesion had been previously diagnosed and treated as a fungal skin infection, an inflammatory rash,
Guilherme Kuceki +2 more
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Transplantable melanomas in hamsters and gerbils as models for human melanoma : sensitization in melanoma radiotherapy : from animal models to clinical trials [PDF]
, 2018 The focus of the present review is to investigate the role of melanin in the radioprotection of melanoma and attempts to sensitize tumors to radiation by inhibiting melanogenesis. Early studies showed radical scavenging, oxygen consumption and adsorption
Andrzej Słominski +11 more
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Melanoma: clinical, evolutive and histopathological characteristics of a series of 136 cases [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2018 : BACKGROUND: The incidence of melanoma has been increasing in Brazil and all over the world. Despite improvements in diagnosis and treatment, mortality remains unchanged.
Juliana Polizel Ocanha-Xavier +2 more
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Melanoma mimicking malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with spread to the cerebellopontine angle: Utility of next-generation sequencing in diagnosis [PDF]
, 2018 Cutaneous spindle cell malignancy is associated with a broad differential diagnosis, particularly in the absence of a known primary melanocytic lesion.
Birinyi, Paul +6 more
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