Dermoscopic diagnosis of amelanotic/hypomelanotic melanoma

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Dear Editor, Amelanotic/hypomelanotic melanoma (AHM) is a subtype of melanoma including ones with little or no melanin pigmentation – amelanotic melanoma (AM). It represents 2–8% of all melanomas.1,2 AM may be difficult to diagnose because of lack of pigmentation and presence of symmetry. Recently, associated germline mutations have been reported in the MC1R gene, and to a certain extent also in the MITF gene.3,4...

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