Malignant melanoma

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DDx

  • Acquired nevus (mole), eg, junctional nevus, compound nevus
  • Seborrheic keratosis
  • Lentigo, eg, solar lentigo (liver spots)
  • Dermatofibroma
  • Basal cell carcinoma (pigmented type)
  • Congenital nevus
  • Atypical (dysplastic) nevus
  • Blue nevus
  • Halo nevus
  • Pyogenic granuloma
  • Kaposi’s sarcoma
  • Pregnancy-associated darkening of nevi

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DDx

  • Acquired nevus (mole), eg, junctional nevus, compound nevus
  • Seborrheic keratosis
  • Lentigo, eg, solar lentigo (liver spots)
  • Dermatofibroma
  • Basal cell carcinoma (pigmented type)
  • Congenital nevus
  • Atypical (dysplastic) nevus
  • Blue nevus
  • Halo nevus
  • Pyogenic granuloma
  • Kaposi’s sarcoma
  • Pregnancy-associated darkening of nevi

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