melanoma Flashcards
intermittent sun exposures with sunburns can lead to
melanoma
most common type of melanoma is
superficial spreading
Most common type of melanoma
30-50 yrs old
lower legs in females
trunk/back in men
Superficial spreading melanoma
melanoma that presents in 6th decade
M>f
TRUNK> head/neck
Thick with poor prognosis
nodular melanoma
melanoma that presents in 7th decade
chronic sun exposed sites
slow growing
Lentigo maligna melanoma
most common melanoma in Caucasians
acral lentiginous
prognostic factors for melanoma
thickness
ulceration
mitotic index
management of melanoma
excisional biopsy
flesh-colored, symmetric erythematous papule with regular borders
dermal nevus
flat, brownish colored nevi are
junctional
raised, brownish colored nevi are
compound
raised and skin-colored nevi are
Dermal
65M
multiple lesions on trunk
intermittently pruritic, crust and fall-off
well-defined verruciform, stuck-on, papule
Seborrheic keratosis
age spots, wisdom spots onset after 30 mainly on trunk, spares palms/soles can be itchy well-defined stuck-on, wart-like
seborrheic keratosis
Sudden appearance of +++ SK is a sign of
Leser-trelat
most associated with gastric adeno