Malignant Melanoma Clinically Masquerading Vascular Tumor: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Malignant melanoma is an invasive neoplasm of the skin, whose incidence is reported to be rising among Indians. We hereby present a unique case of unilateral, multiple, asymptomatic, pigmented, nodular lesions over the lower limb; resembling vascular tumor, revealing itself as malignant melanoma onl...

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Autores principales: Pradhan, Samiksha, Sancheti, Karan, Podder, Indrashis, Gharami, Ramesh Chandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26677278
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.169137
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Sumario:Malignant melanoma is an invasive neoplasm of the skin, whose incidence is reported to be rising among Indians. We hereby present a unique case of unilateral, multiple, asymptomatic, pigmented, nodular lesions over the lower limb; resembling vascular tumor, revealing itself as malignant melanoma only on histopathology. To the best of our knowledge, such a unique presentation of malignant melanoma has not yet been reported from the Indian subcontinent.

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