title: One-year follow-up of a lentigo maligna: first dermoscopic signs of growth.
abstract: We report a 64-year-old man with a pigmented lesion on his forehead, initially thought to be actinic lentigo. At follow-up 1 year later the lesion had increased in size and showed new areas of pigmentation. Dermoscopic observation and biopsy led to a diagnosis of lentigo maligna and the lesion was excised. The dermoscopic features indicative of early growth of lentigo maligna are identified and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Dermatology and Allergology, Hospital München Schwabing, Kölner Platz 1, D-80804 Munich, Germany. jr.schiffner@t-online.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schiffner
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Perusquia
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stolz
mesh_terms: D046169:Dermoscopy; D018450:Disease Progression; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018327:Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*