[Dermoscopy findings in malignant skin melanoma with metastases. A case report].

Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc

Departamento de Dermatología, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal, México, Mexico.

Published: August 2010

Melanoma is the result of the malignant transformation of normal melanocytes of the skin, which are responsible for the synthesis of melamine. It occupies the third place in frequency of skin cancer. Its incidence shows an annual increment of 3 to 7 % which varies in different populations. In our country the mortality is higher than the incidence due to the delayed diagnosis. We are reporting a case of a patient with fair skin who developed blue metastases that were indistinguishable from the characteristic pattern of blue nevi.

Download full-text PDF

Source

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

[dermoscopy findings
4
findings malignant
4
skin
4
malignant skin
4
skin melanoma
4
melanoma metastases
4
metastases case
4
case report]
4
report] melanoma
4
melanoma result
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!