Melanoma: Clinical presentations

Nour Kibbi; Harriet Kluger; Jennifer Nam Choi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22539-5_4

Melanoma: Clinical presentations

Nour Kibbi, Harriet Kluger^*, Jennifer Nam Choi

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Abstract

The malignant cell in melanoma is the melanocyte. Because melanocytes are located in the basal layer of the epidermis, melanoma is most commonly seen on the skin. However, melanoma can also arise on mucosal surfaces such as the oral cavity, the upper gastrointestinal mucosa, the genital mucosa, as well as the uveal tract of the eye and leptomeninges. Melanomas tend to be pigmented but can also present as pink or red lesions. They can mimic benign or other malignant skin lesions. This chapter presents the spectrum of typical and less typical presentations of melanoma, as well as patterns of spread. It is divided into (1) cutaneous lesions; (2) patterns of regional spread, (3) non-cutaneous lesions; and (4) distant metastases.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Cancer Treatment and Research
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Pages	107-129
Number of pages	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22539-5_4
State	Published - 2016

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Name	Cancer Treatment and Research
Volume	167
ISSN (Print)	0927-3042

Keywords

Atypical pigmented cutaneous lesions
Melanoma of unknown primary site
Non-cutaneous melanoma

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Oncology
Cancer Research

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