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Acral lentiginous melanoma
Acral lentiginous melanoma: Introduction
Acral lentiginous melanoma: Acral lentigous melanoma is the most common variant of skin cancer seen in dark-skinned people. This form of melanoma appears on the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, or on nails. Lesions are usually brown, black, or multicolored with irregular borders, and flat or nodular. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acral lentiginous melanoma is available below.
Symptoms of Acral lentiginous melanoma
- Dark pigmented area on soles
- Dark pigmented area on palms
- Dark streaks along fingernail
- Dark streaks along toenail
- Darkened base of nail
- more symptoms...»
See full list of 9 symptoms of Acral lentiginous melanoma
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Acral lentiginous melanoma: Complications
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Medical Textbooks Online about Acral lentiginous melanoma
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Acral lentiginous melanoma?
- Misdiagnosis of Acral lentiginous melanoma
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Acral lentiginous melanoma: Medical Mistakes
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Acral lentiginous melanoma: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Acral lentiginous melanoma
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Acral lentiginous melanoma: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Hospitals & Clinics: Acral lentiginous melanoma
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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Acral lentiginous melanoma, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:
- 50 Best Hospitals Report
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- Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)
Acral lentiginous melanoma: Rare Types
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Causes of Acral lentiginous melanoma
- Unknown etiology
- Unlike other forms of melanoma, acral lentiginous melanoma does not appear to be linked to sun exposure
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Treatments for Acral lentiginous melanoma
- Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery
- The biopsy will determine the depth and invasiveness of the melanoma, and will define what the final treatment will be. If the melanoma involves the nail fold and the nail bed, complete excision of the nail unit might be required
- Final treatment might require wider excision (margins of 0.5 cm or more), digital amputation, lymphagiogram with lymphnode dissection, or chemotherapy
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News Archives for Acral lentiginous melanoma
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- T-Cell Infusion Therapy Boosts Melanoma Survival
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Acral lentiginous melanoma
Medical research articles related to Acral lentiginous melanoma include:
- Malignant Melanoma (Overview)
- Malignant Melanoma (Diagnosis)
- Lentigo Maligna Melanoma (Overview)
- Skin Malignancies, Melanoma
- Superficial Spreading Malignant Melanoma of Skin
- Malignant Melanoma (Treatment)
- Skin Cancer: Melanoma
- Cutaneous Melanoma: Update on Prevention, Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
- more research...»
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Prognosis for Acral lentiginous melanoma
Prognosis for Acral lentiginous melanoma: Early detection improves prognosis.
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Definitions of Acral lentiginous melanoma:
Acral lentiginous melanoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acral lentiginous melanoma, or a subtype of Acral lentiginous melanoma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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- Malignant melanoma (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Malignant melanoma (Handbook of Diseases)
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