A superficial malignant melanoma - irregular and notched margin, variable and irregular pigmentation in an itchy and enlarging pigmented lesion
Keywords: Category_tumour, Dermnet_www.dermnetnz.org/topics/melanoma/, Dermnet_www.dermnetnz.org/topics/skin-cancer/, Dermnet_www.dermnetnz.org/topics/superficial-spreading-melanoma/, Diagnosis_melanoma, Fold, Groin, Icd10_c43, Location_fold, Location_torso, Location_trunk, Melanoma, Pubic, Sctid_93655004, Skin cancer, Superficial spreading melanoma, Trunk, Tumour
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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