title: Amelanotic lentigo maligna melanoma.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Dermatology, University of Ulm, Germany.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Kaufmann
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Nikelski
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Weber
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Sterry
mesh_terms: 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*