Dermoscopy of a superficial spreading malignant melanoma (SSM-patient12)
Keywords: 26-year-old, Asymmetry of colour and structure, Breslow depth 2.15 mm, Chaos, Clustered peripheral dots and clods, Dermoscopy, Eccentric structureless area, Genodermatosis, Histopathology-confirmed, Lesion (cancerous), Male, Negative network, Nodular component, Pink background, Right upper back, Skin cancer, Superficial spreading melanoma, White lines
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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