[Image of the month. A hidden melanoma hidden in a tennis player].
A man presented with a malignant melanoma of the scalp. The lesion reached a large size before being disclosed. Repetitive sunburns during tennis matches could be responsible for this cancer. Indeed, hair protects only partially the skin from ultraviolet damages.
Fraiture
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Service de Dermatopathologie, Université de Liège.
Henry
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F
Piérard-Franchimont
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Piérard
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013715:Tennis; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*