Dermoscopic clues in the diagnosis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma Pistas dermatoscópicas no diagnóstico de melanoma maligno amelanótico e hipomelanótico

• Main Authors: Raquel Bissacotti Steglich (Author), Carolina Degeon Meotti (Author), Mariana Silveira Ferreira (Author), Louise Lovatto (Author), André Vicente Esteves de Carvalho (Author), Carlos Gustavo Carneiro de Castro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The clinical identification of amelanotic malignant melanoma (AMM) and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma (HMM) becomes difficult due to the lack of pigmentation and to the diverse clinical presentations. Dermoscopy is very useful in these cases, increasing the level of suspicion of malignancy. We rep...