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Case Reports
. 1979 Dec 21;242(25):2795-9.

Early recognition of cutaneous melanoma

A J Sober, T B Fitzpatrick, M C Mihm, T G Wise, B J Pearson, W H Clark, A W Kopf
  • PMID: 501893
Case Reports

Early recognition of cutaneous melanoma

A J Sober et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

Criteria for the early recognition of malignant melanoma include appreciation of variegation in color and irregularity of lesion border and pigment pattern. Application of these criteria should result in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma in its premetastatic surgically curable phase.

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