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Foot Sole Amelanotic Melanoma Treated as Diabetic Foot. Indian J Surg 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12262-021-03165-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Lyundup AV, Balyasin MV, Maksimova NV, Kovina MV, Krasheninnikov ME, Dyuzheva TG, Yakovenko SA, Appolonova SA, Schiöth HB, Klabukov ID. Misdiagnosis of diabetic foot ulcer in patients with undiagnosed skin malignancies. Int Wound J 2021; 19:871-887. [PMID: 34713964 PMCID: PMC9013580 DOI: 10.1111/iwj.13688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
A growing number of studies report dermal malignancies mimicking diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). We reviewed clinical cases reporting malignant tumours misdiagnosed to be DFU aiming to identify factors contributing to misdiagnosis. We systematically searched in PubMed for clinical cases reporting on misdiagnosis of DFU in patients with cancer. A chi‐square analysis was conducted to show the link between the incidence of initial DFU misdiagnosis and patient age, gender and wound duration. Lesions misdiagnosed to be DFU were subsequently diagnosed as melanoma (68% of the cases), Kaposi's sarcoma (14%), squamous cell carcinoma (11%), mantle cell lymphoma, and diffuse B‐cell lymphoma (both by 4%). Older age (≥65 years) was associated with a significantly increased risk of malignancy masked as DFU (OR: 2.452; 95% CI: 1.132 to 5.312; P value = .019). The risk of such suspicion in older patients (age ≥ 65 years) was 145% higher than in younger patients (age < 65 years). Clinicians should maintain a high level of awareness towards potentially malignant foot lesions in elderly patients with diabetes (age ≥ 65).
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Affiliation(s)
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
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- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia.,AltraVita IVF Clinic, Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
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- AltraVita IVF Clinic, Moscow, Russia.,Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov's Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia.,Department of Neuroscience, Functional Pharmacology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- National Medical Research Radiological Center, Obninsk, Russia
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Spindle Cell Melanoma Presenting as an Ulcer in a Black Diabetic. Case Rep Pathol 2020; 2020:3083195. [PMID: 33101748 PMCID: PMC7576341 DOI: 10.1155/2020/3083195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Background. Melanoma in blacks is uncommon and exceedingly rare in association with a diabetic ulcer. We present a case of a spindle cell melanoma masquerading as a diabetic ulcer. Case Report. A 57-year-old overweight woman presented to The Maria Holder Diabetes Centre for the Caribbean with a nonhealing ulcer of the right heel after being treated by various primary care physicians over the preceding year. Her general and systematic examinations were unremarkable. There was a 1 × 1.5 cm ulcer with a necrotic base which bled easily on contact with no evidence of peripheral neuropathy nor arterial insufficiency. Microscopic examination of a biopsy of the lesion showed fascicles of spindle cells with plump nuclei and intracytoplasmic yellow-brown pigment. Immunohistochemistry confirmed a diagnosis of melanoma. Discussion. There should be a high index of suspicion of malignancy with nonhealing diabetic ulcer especially when coupled with short disease duration. This case highlights the importance of a biopsy and histological evaluation in ulcers presenting in recently diagnosed diabetics with no evidence of peripheral neuropathy or vascular disease. Melanoma should be considered in spindle cell lesions especially with pigment and residual nevus cells.
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Fagotti S, Zalaudek I, Corneli P, Longone M, Pizzichetta MA, Zacchi A, Conforti C, Meo N. Reliability of patient's anamnesis in the diagnosis of acral melanoma. Dermatol Ther 2020; 33:e13209. [DOI: 10.1111/dth.13209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Revised: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Serena Fagotti
- Skin Cancer Unit, Department of Dermatology University Hospital of Trieste Trieste Italy
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- Skin Cancer Unit, Department of Dermatology University Hospital of Trieste Trieste Italy
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- Skin Cancer Unit, Department of Dermatology University Hospital of Trieste Trieste Italy
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- Skin Cancer Unit, Department of Dermatology University Hospital of Trieste Trieste Italy
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- Skin Cancer Unit, Department of Dermatology University Hospital of Trieste Trieste Italy
- Department of Medical Oncology‐Preventive Oncology Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS Aviano Italy
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy Cattinara Hospital Trieste Italy
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- Skin Cancer Unit, Department of Dermatology University Hospital of Trieste Trieste Italy
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- Skin Cancer Unit, Department of Dermatology University Hospital of Trieste Trieste Italy
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