1.
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
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: 73-77, 1992.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-171295
2.
Korean Journal of Dermatology
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: 388-394, 1989.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-37019
RESUMO
A total of 68 primary melanorna cases diagnosed at Seoul National University Hospital for the past 10 years from 1978 to 1987 were included for this clinico pathological study. Among the 31 primary cutaneous melanomss, 19 cases (61.3%) occurred on hands or feet, especially on the plantar surfaces. The average age of patients with acral melanomas was 49.3 years at the tirne of diagnosis and the male to female ratio of 19 cases was 3.8 to 1. The clinical and histopathologic findings showed that most ecral melanomas, if not all, were the acral lentiginous type. A high incidence of metastasis (73.7%) was recognized in acral melanomas.