Artigo de Periódico
Amelanotic metastatic cutaneous melanoma
Fecha
2013Registro en:
0365-0596
v. 88, n. 6
Autor
Mendes, Marcela Sena Teixeira
Costa, Mariana Carvalho
Gomes, Ciro Martins
Araújo, Lisley Calixto de
Takano, Gustavo Henrique Soares
Mendes, Marcela Sena Teixeira
Costa, Mariana Carvalho
Gomes, Ciro Martins
Araújo, Lisley Calixto de
Takano, Gustavo Henrique Soares
Institución
Resumen
Dermatoscopy of melanocytic lesions has guided the decision of when or not to biopsy a lesion. The use of this tool has increased clinical examination's sensitivity and specificity in 89% and 96% respectively. However, dermatoscopic evaluation of amelanotic or hypomelanotic melanomas, as well as metastases, can be difficult. There is still no standardization for the analysis of these pathologies, which relies mostly on their vascular pattern. We describe the dermatoscopy of acral metastatic amelanotic melanoma.