Slow-growing melanoma: Report of five cases

Journal of Dermatological Case Reports

Patrizio Capoluongo¹  Rachele Nicolino¹  Ines Mordente¹  Domenico Martino¹  Imma Savarese¹  Iris Zalaudek¹  Paolo Roma¹  Pietro Annese¹  Giuseppe Argenziano¹  Antonia Martino¹ 

[1] Department of Dermatology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

关键词: dermoscopy;    melanoma;    nevus;    videodermoscopy;   

DOI  :  10.3315/jdcr.2007.1.1001

学科分类：皮肤病学

来源: Specjalisci Dermatolodz

【 摘 要 】

Epidemiologic data on melanoma reveal a considerable increase in incidence, especially of the early forms (melanoma in situ and early invasive melanoma), but the mortality rates are relatively stable. These data suggest the hypothesis of the existence of a melanoma with less aggressive biological behaviour. This hypothesis is, however, hard to be proven if the assumption is true that more and less aggressive melanomas very often exhibit overlapping clinical and histopathologic features. Digital dermoscopic imaging techniques permit today a detailed documentation of lesions over time and, therefore, represent an optimal tool to disclose the natural evolution of a given lesion. We present five case of slow-growing melanomas observed during a long-term period of follow-up.

【 授权许可】

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