Perilesional vitiligo in melanoma.
The malignant transformation of a plantar nevus is presented. Perilesional vitiligo developed concurrently with the onset of malignancy. The primary lesion was controlled surgically, but the patient succumbed to metastiatic melanoma within a year. The relation of perilesional vitiligo in malignant melanoma to the so-called halo nevus, and the immunologic significance of these discolorations is reviewed.
D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009506:Nevus / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000175:diagnosis*