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Acral Malignant Melanoma of the Lower Limb in an Elderly Patient With Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension: A Case Report From Uganda.

2026-05-06

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background</bold> Malignant melanoma is an aggressive malignant tumor arising from melanocytes and is associated with high mortality when diagnosis is delayed. Although relatively uncommon in African populations, it is frequently diagnosed at advanced stages due to low clinical suspicion and misinterpretation as benign or chronic skin conditions. Elderly patients with comorbidi...

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Literature Corpus work: 8ac78746-a871-54a9-b0b1-00cf9659536d
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9619137/v1

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