학술논문
Reliability of patient's anamnesis in the diagnosis of acral melanoma.
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Article
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Subject
*MELANOMA diagnosis
*ANGIOSARCOMA
*FOOT ulcers
*DIABETIC foot
*FOREIGN body reaction
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1396-0296
Abstract
Acral melanoma (AM) is a rare subtype of cutaneous malignant melanoma that presents on soles, palms, and nails, areas often omitted during routine medical check by both patients and physicians (Albreski & Sloan, [1]; Desai, Ugorji, & Khachemoune, [3]; Gumaste et al., [5]; Mansur, Demirci, Ozel, Ozker, & Yildiz, [6]; Oliveira et al., [7]; Rheingantz da Cunha Filho, Matte, & Hohmann Camina, [8]; Tanioka, [10]). Furthermore, AM is associated with the highest misdiagnosis rate (25-36%) of other types of melanoma and diagnostic delay inevitably leads to a worse prognosis (Albreski & Sloan, [1]; Mansur et al., [6]). As patient of Case 1, he did not reveal family history of melanoma and no co-morbidities. [Extracted from the article]