Abstract

VICTORIA BARZAGA, Héctor Oscar; RAMOS CABRERA, Asmell; LAZO SANCHEZ, Laura  and  TORRES GARCIA, Rebeca. Acral lentiginous melanoma.: A case report. AMC [online]. 2008, vol.12, n.5. ISSN 1025-0255.

A case of a white race, blue eyes, 67 years old woman is reported, with antecedents of suffering circulatory disorders in both lower members and from time to time acute sacrolumbalgia. All her life worked like agricultural worker in Jimaguayú municipality, Camagüey province. A degenerative neoplastic picture began to present, to starting point a melanocytic congenital nevus, that was clinic and histologically diagnosed as an acral lentiginous melanoma. General considerations of the acral lentiginous melanoma are described, its way of presentation, the predisposing and triggering factors that influence in the apparition of the disease, as well as its histopathologic characteristic and the treatment methods.

Keywords : Melanoma; nevus pigm; aged; female; causalita; case report.

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