Diagnosaurus
Malignant melanoma
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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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Malignant Melanoma." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114164/all/Malignant_melanoma.
Zeiger RFR. Malignant melanoma. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114164/all/Malignant_melanoma. Accessed May 17, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Malignant melanoma. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114164/all/Malignant_melanoma
Zeiger RFR. Malignant Melanoma [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 17]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114164/all/Malignant_melanoma.
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