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A Residual Pigmentary Lesion After Melanoma Surgery

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A 90-years-old patient underwent a surgery for a nodule on the vertex with the outcome of non-ulcered nodular melanoma, which was dermis-infiltrating with 2.9 mm Breslow. Associated to the nodular component there was an extended pigmented lesion, as in the Picture 17.1.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

    M. Rovesti, C. Feliciani, A. Zucchi & F. Satolli

  2. Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Rome “G. Marconi” Via Vittoria Colonna, Rome, Italy

    T. Lotti

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  1. Dermatology, University of Rome Guglielmo Marconi, Roma, Roma, Italy

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  3. Dermatologie und Allergologie, Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

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Rovesti, M., Feliciani, C., Zucchi, A., Lotti, T., Satolli, F. (2020). A Residual Pigmentary Lesion After Melanoma Surgery. In: Lotti, T., Tirant, M., Wollina, U. (eds) Clinical Cases in Melanoma. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50820-3_17

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