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A Chinese case of amelanotic lentigo maligna melanoma Volume 32, issue 3, May-June 2022

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Department of Dermatology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, China

Amelanotic lentigo maligna melanoma (ALMM) is a rare subtype of cutaneous melanoma, estimated at less than 2% of all cutaneous melanomas [1]. With a lack of pigmentation, ALMM is frequently misdiagnosed as many benign diseases such as dermatitis, dermatophytes, granuloma annulare and discoid lupus erythematosus, as well as malignant diseases including Bowen’s disease, actinic keratosis, superficial BCC and Merkel cell carcinoma. ALMM has sporadically been reported in previous studies, mostly in [...]