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489814

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
The results of treatment of 42 cases of lentigo maligna and 16 of lentigo maligna melanoma at the New York University Medical Center was reviewed. The recurrence rate after surgical excision of 22 lesions of lentigo maligna was 9% (2/22), but after treatment of 20 such lesions with destructive techniques (X rays, curettage-electrodesiccation, cryosurgery), it was 35% (7/20). Of 11 cases of lentigo maligna melanoma that were excised, none recurred locally, but fatal metastases ensued in one case. Five patients who were eventually classified as having lentigo maligna melanomas had been treated by destructive techniques. In four of them there were local recurrences and in two, metastases as well; the fifth patient had metastases without local recurrence. On the basis of this review of these 58 cases, we conclude that surgical excision and careful histologic study of step sections through the entire lesion insure accurate diagnosis and provide the highest cure rates for lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0148-0812
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
727-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment of lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports