Dermoscopy of a nodule arising within a superficial spreading melanoma (SSM-patient12)
Keywords: 26-year-old, Asymmetry of colour and structure, Black dots, Breslow depth 2.15 mm, Chaos, Dermoscopy, Eccentric structureless area, Genodermatosis, Histopathology-confirmed, Irregular vessels, Lesion (cancerous), Male, Negative network, Nodular component, Peripheral dots, Pink background, Polygons, 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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