Scalp Melanoma: Distinctive High-Risk Clinical and Histological Features

January 2016 in “ Australasian Journal of Dermatology ”

Charles Xie, Yue Pan, Catriona McLean, Victoria Mar, Rory Wolfe, John W. Kelly

scalp melanoma amelanotic Breslow thickness nodular melanoma satellite metastases

Studysummary This study observed that scalp melanomas in older men often grow rapidly, appear without pigment, and have more aggressive features compared to other head and neck melanomas.

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