Abrupt Intralesional Color Change on Dermoscopy as a New Indicator of Early Superficial Spreading Melanoma in a Japanese Woman

• Main Authors: Anna Sadayasu (Author), Masaru Tanaka (Author), Yoshifumi Maumi (Author), Eriko Ikeda (Author), Mizuki Sawada (Author), Sumiko Ishizaki (Author), Yoshiyuki Murakami (Author), Mariko Fujibayashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diagnosis of superficial spreading melanoma in the early stage is often difficult, even with dermoscopy. We report the case of a 37-year-old Japanese woman with superficial spreading melanoma in her left buttock. The lesion developed 20 years before becoming visible and gradually enlarged over the p...