Clinical and Histopathologic Study of Acral Melanoma / 대한피부과학회지
Korean Journal of Dermatology
;
: 388-394, 1989.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-37019
ABSTRACT
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.
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Main subject:
Incidence
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Diagnosis
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Seoul
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Foot
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Hand
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Melanoma
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Neoplasm Metastasis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Dermatology
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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