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Fig. 2

From: Clinical and histopathological characteristics of melanomas in Asians under age 40

Fig. 2

Representative clinical photos. (A) A spitzoid melanoma presenting as an amelanotic nodule on the right knee of a 4-year-old girl. (B) A spitzoid melanoma presenting as an amelanotic nodule on a 15-year-old male. The feature is similar to pediatric spitzoid melanoma as shown in (A). (C) Clinical picture of a nail unit melanoma, a subtype of acral lentiginous melanoma on the 4 th finger of a 10-year-old boy. (D) An acral lentiginous melanoma on the 5 th toe of a 19-year-old male. Histopathologic examination revealed mitoses with a Breslow depth of 2.5 mm. (E) A nail unit melanoma of a 38-year-old female presented as a longitudinal dark brown melanonychia in a single digit.

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