Acral lentiginous melanoma

A form of melanoma occurring most often on the plantar, palmar, subungual, and periungual skin. It presents as a pigmented macular lesion with irregular borders. Morphologically, it consists of atypical spindled and dendritic melanocytes. The epidermis is often hyperplastic and there is pagetoid infiltration of the epidermis by anaplastic cells.

Also known as: acral lentiginous malignant melanoma, acral lentiginous melanoma, acral lentiginous melanoma (disease), acral lentiginous melanoma, malignant, acral lentiginous melanoma, malignant (morphologic abnormality), ALM, acral lentiginous malignant melanoma of skin, acral melanoma

2783 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 17 tagged with Acral lentiginous melanoma itself.