Complete Information on Acral lentiginous melanoma with Treatment and Prevention
Posted on July 3, 2008 - Filed Under Health | 1 Comment
Acral lentiginous melanoma also known as also known as subungual melanoma, is a kind of skin melanoma.
Acral lentiginous melanoma is seen on the palms, soles and under the nails. This is the most common type of malignant melanoma in asians, african and north american blacks, but is relatively infrequent in Caucasians. These lesions are usually located on palmar, plantar and subungual skin. Macroscopically, the lesion presents as pigmented and ulcerated plaques or nodules. A tendency for this lesion to be expressed in spindle cell patterns in vertical growth components is one of the distinguishing characteristics. The clinical features are less striking than in other melanomas, appearing in the radial growth phase as macules: dark brown, blue-black, or black, with little variegation and often ill-defined.
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