Acral Lentiginous Melanoma

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  • one of four clinical types of malignant melanoma
  • uncommon in whites but the most common type in nonwhites
  • starts as an irregular enlarging black flat spot (macule), 
    • most often on the palm and sole, 
    • less often on a mucosal surface, such as the vulva or vagina
 

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