Amelanotic lentigo maligna melanoma.
Only five cases of the amelanotic variant of lentigo maligna melanoma of the face have been reported. We describe an additional four patients observed within the past 5 years, suggesting a much higher incidence of this variant than previously suspected.
Kaufmann
R
R
Department of Dermatology, University of Ulm, Germany.
Nikelski
K
K
Weber
L
L
Sterry
W
W
D000368:Aged; D002610:Cheek / Q000473:pathology; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018327:Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle / Q000473:pathology*; D018328:Melanoma, Amelanotic / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*