A nodule arising at the inferior pole of a melanocytic lesion - a nodular melanoma arising in a superficial spreading melanoma (SSM-patient12)
Keywords: 26-year-old, Asymmetry of colour and structure, Breslow depth 2.15 mm, Chaos, Clinical image, Genodermatosis, Histopathology-confirmed, Lesion (cancerous), Macular background, Male, Nodular component, Right upper back, Skin cancer, Superficial spreading melanoma
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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