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ID | DOID:6367 |
Name | acral lentiginous melanoma |
Definition | A skin melanoma that is characterized by slow growth of a small pigmented spot on the skin with a clearly defined edge, surrounded by normal-appearing skin and occurs on occurs on non hair-bairing surfaces including hands and feet, subungual sites, and fingers or toes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acral_lentiginous_melanoma, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentigo, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1352575/ |
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Subsets |
DO_cancer_slim DO_rare_slim |
Synonyms |
acral lentiginous melanoma, malignant [EXACT] malignant acral lentiginous melanoma [EXACT] |
Parent Relationships |
is_a skin melanoma |