Acral lentiginous melanoma in an adult patient

Authors

  • Yoandra Seara Govea Policlínico “Tamara Bunke”, Calimete, Matanzas, Cuba.
  • Soini González Gámez Centro Médico Psicopedagógico "América Labadí Arce", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Maikel González Pérez Centro Médico Ambulatorio “Carlos Manuel de Céspedes”, Bayazo, Granma, Cuba.

Keywords:

disk herniation, cervical region, lumbar region, lentigo simplex, acral lentiginous melanoma

Abstract

The case report of a 58 years white patient is presented with a history of disk herniation in cervical and lumbar regions, who 2 years ago attended the Dermatology Service due to a color change in the fingernail of the third finger of her right hand, symptoms that belonged to a lentigo simplex. In this occasion she presented destruction of the ungueal bed and increase of color which covers the whole fingertip, so another biopsy was carried out and the histological diagnosis of acral lentiginous melanoma (in situ) was confirmed.

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Published

2016-02-06

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Seara Govea Y, González Gámez S, González Pérez M. Acral lentiginous melanoma in an adult patient. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2016 Feb. 6 [cited 2025 Jun. 22];20(2). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/442

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2016): MEDISAN

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Case Reports

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