A clinically invisible melanoma.

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Perera, Eshini Ishanka
Mellick, Nicholas
Teng, Paul
Beardmore, Graeme
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2014
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We report a case of an amelanotic lentigo maligna incidentally found on a shave biopsy in an 87-year-old woman. Amelanotic lentigo maligna is a rare variant of lentigo maligna. It is often reported as presenting as erythematous scaly macules and is usually confused as benign dermatoses. Here were present a case of amelanotic lentigo maligna with no visible or palpable features.

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Australasian Journal of Dermatology

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55

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3

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Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified

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Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine

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