Hyperkeratotic acral melanoma mimicking a common wart.
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY-GLOBAL OPEN 2015;
3:e377. [PMID:
25973355 PMCID:
PMC4422208 DOI:
10.1097/gox.0000000000000336]
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Abstract
Acral melanoma is a great pretender; anything but i nfrequently, it adopts clinical faces, simulating skin conditions that make the healthcare provider diagnose it as a benign disease of the palms, soles, and ungual regions. We present a case of a hyperkeratotic acral melanoma that has been misdiagnosed and that has led to an amputation of the thumb.
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