Halo naevus or malignant melanoma: A case report

This is a report describing the case of a 66-year-old male with development of halo naevi. A biopsy of one of these naevi revealed a malignant melanoma with extensive regression. The purpose of this report is to identify that development of halo naevi outside of childhood or adolescence should raise...

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Autores principales: Langford, Matthew A., Al-Ghazal, Sharif K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7061544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32158818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2018.03.003
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description This is a report describing the case of a 66-year-old male with development of halo naevi. A biopsy of one of these naevi revealed a malignant melanoma with extensive regression. The purpose of this report is to identify that development of halo naevi outside of childhood or adolescence should raise suspicion and may require biopsy.
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spelling pubmed-70615442020-03-10 Halo naevus or malignant melanoma: A case report Langford, Matthew A. Al-Ghazal, Sharif K. JPRAS Open Article This is a report describing the case of a 66-year-old male with development of halo naevi. A biopsy of one of these naevi revealed a malignant melanoma with extensive regression. The purpose of this report is to identify that development of halo naevi outside of childhood or adolescence should raise suspicion and may require biopsy. Elsevier 2018-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7061544/ /pubmed/32158818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2018.03.003 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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