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
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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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author Pradhan, Samiksha
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Gharami, Ramesh Chandra
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description 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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spelling pubmed-46812032015-12-16 Malignant Melanoma Clinically Masquerading Vascular Tumor: A Diagnostic Dilemma Pradhan, Samiksha Sancheti, Karan Podder, Indrashis Gharami, Ramesh Chandra Indian J Dermatol Case Report 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. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4681203/ /pubmed/26677278 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.169137 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Malignant Melanoma Clinically Masquerading Vascular Tumor: A Diagnostic Dilemma
title_fullStr Malignant Melanoma Clinically Masquerading Vascular Tumor: A Diagnostic Dilemma
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title_short Malignant Melanoma Clinically Masquerading Vascular Tumor: A Diagnostic Dilemma
title_sort malignant melanoma clinically masquerading vascular tumor: a diagnostic dilemma
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