title: Amelanotic lentigo maligna and amelanotic lentigo maligna melanoma: a report of three cases mimicking intraepidermal squamous carcinoma.
abstract: The clinical diagnosis of amelanotic melanoma may pose diagnostic difficulties. We report three cases of amelanotic lentigo maligna, two of which developed an invasive component (lentigo maligna melanoma). The clinical appearances in each case mimicked intraepidermal squamous carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Dicker
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tidman
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: McLaren
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / 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*