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Melanoma is a skin cancer usually caused by ultraviolet rays from the sun or tanning beds. Mutated skin cells multiply quickly to form tumors on the epidermis — the skin's top layer.
Absence of a known primary malignant melanoma helps in the differential diagnosis, but an occult primary lesion outside.
The general definition of a lesion is an area of atypical tissue, according to the national cancer institute. Lesions can be either cancerous (malignant) or benign, meaning not cancerous.
The ucla pigmented lesion specialty clinic provides care to patients with atypical/dysplastic nevi (moles) and with personal or family history of melanoma.
Tumor regression in pigmented lesions is a most interesting phenomenon occurring in both benign and malignant lesions.
They may be mistaken for a melanoma or other pigmented lesions usually, no treatment is required.
Conclusion in this study the commonest benign pigmented lesion was melanocytic nevi and melanoma had the highest incidence from among the malignant.
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Absence of a known primary malignant melanoma helps in the differ- ential diagnosis, but an occult primary lesion outside the cns must be sought and excluded.
And general principles of pigmented skin lesions, principles of biopsy of lesions suspected of being malignant melanomas, circumscribed hyperpigmentation.
Focused on melanoma skin cancers where it is known that a very large number of pigmented lesions are removed in order to identify melanomas.
We present an observation in our clinic in which some geometric shaped melanocytic lesions revealed a diagnosis of malignant melanoma.
The most common conjunctival pigmented lesion: 52% of ocular pigmented lesions; congenital or acquired; cluster of naevus.
Not all melanomas are pigmented (amelanotic melanomas exist) and not all pigmented skin lesions are melanocytic.
In most cases, the lesions are asymptomatic and benign in nature; however, rarely, a pigmented lesion can be a sign of malignancy.
Apr 4, 2019 the neoplasm can appear on apparently normal oral mucosa and may be preceded by benign pigmented lesions.
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