What is Lentigo maligna melanoma

Lentigo Maligna Melanoma

Gender: equally common in males and females.

Age incidence: usually in older people.

Anatomic location: affecting the face, neck or dorsal arms (sun-exposed).

Color: uniform, but red and white discoloration may occur later.

Appearance: flat and irregularly outlined, lesions tend to look mottled or washed out and often contain areas of normal pigmentation.

What is the significance of nodularity and ulceration in Lentigo maligna melanoma? indicate local invasion.

What explains the complex pattern of Lentigo maligna melanoma? they develop over years or decades, these years of migration and regression can produce lesions with a shape more varied and bizarre than that of Superficial Spreading Melanoma.

What is Lentigo maligna? represents in situ or intraepidermal melanoma.

What is the natural history of Lentigo maligna? progression to invasive lentigo maligna melanoma occurs in 5% of patients.