Metastatic amelanotic melanomas showing spontaneous regression after skin biopsies
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Amelanotic metastatic cutaneous melanoma*
Dermatoscopy of melanocytic lesions has guided the decision of when or not to biopsy a lesion. The use of this tool has increased clinical examination's sensitivity and specificity in 89% and 96% respectively. However, dermatoscopic evaluation of amelanotic or hypomelanotic melanomas, as well as metastases, can be difficult. There is still no standardization for the analysis of these pathologie...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Dermatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0385-2407
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.13509