Acral Lentiginous Melanoma: Report of a misdiagnosed case

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 ...

Acral Lentiginous Melanoma: A Case Control Study and Guidelines Update

Background. Malignant melanoma incidence is increasing dramatically. We report herein a case of the rarest acral lentiginous type. Case Report. A 58-year-old man presented with a melanoma resembling lesion over the sole of his right foot, measuring 15-20 mm in diameter. An excisional biopsy with a narrow (2 mm) margin of surrounding skin was obtained. Histological findings were consistent with ...

Acral lentiginous melanoma: A case and literature review

utaneous foot melanoma is rare; it accounts for approximately 1% of all cutaneous melanoma and can be challenging to manage [1]. There are four main variants of cutaneous malignant melanomas (CMMs), superficial spreading melanoma (SSM), lentigo malignant melanoma (LMM), nodular melanoma (NM) and acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM). Superficial spreading melanoma accounts for approximately 65% of a...

Progression from Acral Lentiginous Melanoma in situ to Invasive Acral Lentiginous Melanoma.

Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) is the most common type of cutaneous melanoma in Asians. The very early stage of ALM demonstrates only a proliferation of a few atypical melanocytes within the epidermis, and has been termed ALM in situ. A 74-year-old male patient presented with a pigmented lesion on the left great toe for 12 years, which had initially showed only a few scattered hyperplastic at...

Current Surgical Management of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma

Acral Lentiginous Melanoma, Indolent Subtype Diagnosed by En Bloc Excision: A Case Report

Nail unit melanoma is a type of acral lentiginous melanoma and requires histopathologic examination for a confirmed diagnosis. However, inadequate biopsy techniques make definitive diagnosis difficult. A 61-year-old man presented with progressive nail pigmentation for 15 years, which was clinically highly suspicious for malignancy. Acral lentiginous melanoma was not detected in punch and longit...