Agustí Ma, Messeguer BF, García RR, Ballester SR, Oliver MV, Alegre MV

Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 264-267
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ABSTRACT

Acral lentiginous melanoma (MLA) represents 5% of all malignant melanomas, and has a frequency of loco-regional metastases greater than other subtypes of melanoma. In clinical practice we observed that a significant percentage of cases of MLA that recurrences in apparently healthy areas of skin, even after making excision with adequate safety margins, as in a case that we present. This could be generated by the presence of so-called “melanoma field cells” recently defined by Bastian.

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