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Acral Melanoma: Review of Clinical, Histologic, and Molecular Findings.
Surgical pathology clinics - 1 Mar 2026
Ravichandran Sairekha, Messina Jane L
Abstract excerpt
Acral melanoma (AM) is the least common melanoma subtype, yet the most common to affect African American populations. Its prognosis is worse than other melanoma subtypes, chiefly owing to delayed diagnosis related to myriad clinical presentations compounded by delayed awareness of this entity in darkly pigmented individuals, leading to advanced stage at diagnosis. Distinctive histologic findings include...
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