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Dermoscopy of an irregularly pigmented melanocytic lesion - histology showed a thin invasive melanoma (SSM-patient10)
Keywords: 22 years, Asymmetrical structure, Black clod, Breslow depth 0.6 mm, Chin, Clusterred brown clods, Dermoscopy, European ethnicity, Female, Genodermatosis, Histopathology-confirmed, Lesion (cancerous), Melanoma, Multiple irregular brownish-grey dots, Skin cancer, Superficial spreading melanoma type, Thick lines reticular, White skin
Superficial spreading melanoma is the most common type of melanoma, a potentially serious skin cancer that arises from melanocytes (pigment cells) along the basal layer of the epidermis.
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