Failed treatment of amelanotic lentigo maligna with imiquimod followed by pigment production

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1047-1048

  Martires, Kathryn J ^a   Capaldi, Laura ^b   Pattee, Sean F ^c   Maloney, Mary E ^d   Bordeaux, Jeremy S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dermatology Associates of Wisconsin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD; AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC LENTIGO MALIGNA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NOSE; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMINOQUINOLINES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957170678     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.237     Document Type: Letter

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