1265 Mechanical stress as a pathomechanism of plantar acral melanoma

Acral Lentiginous Melanoma: Report of a misdiagnosed case

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Acral Hypomelanocytic Melanoma of Left Great Toe: A Rare Cancer

Advanced acral melanoma.

CASE REPORT A 47-year-old Caucasian man presented to the dermatology department for evaluation of a mass on his left foot. Six years prior, the patient had dropped a sledgehammer on his left great toe causing significant toenail damage, nail loss, and enlarging ulceration despite meticulous wound care. Ten months before presentation, the patient noted rapid growth of the left great toe mass tha...

Management of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma

Cutaneous malignant melanoma is the most common cause of mortality from skin cancers in Caucasian populations. The incidence rates of malignant melanoma show considerable varia‐ tion worldwide. Annual incidence rates per 100,000 people vary between about 40 in Australia and New Zealand to about 20 in the United States [1,2]. In contrast, a significantly lower inci‐ dence rate has been reported ...

Hyperkeratotic Acral Melanoma Mimicking a Common Wart

Acral melanoma is a great pretender; anything but i nfrequently, it adopts clinical faces, simulating skin conditions that make the healthcare provider diagnose it as a benign disease of the palms, soles, and ungual regions. We present a case of a hyperkeratotic acral melanoma that has been misdiagnosed and that has led to an amputation of the thumb.