Experience with Treating Lentigo Maligna with Definitive Radiotherapy
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Lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma.
Lentigo maligna (LM) is a pigmented lesion that occurs on the sun-exposed skin, particularly the head and neck areas, of an older patient. The lesion increases in size and at some point, often many years after its onset, may become lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM). For this reason, most authors consider LM a form of melanoma in situ. Treatment includes surgical or destructive modalities; the pref...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dermatology Research and Practice
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1687-6105,1687-6113
DOI: 10.1155/2018/7439807