The diagnosis of hutchinson’s melanotic freckle (lentigo maligna) in queensland

Autor: D. Weedon, Adèle C. Green, J.H. Little
Rok vydání: 1983
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Zdroj: Pathology. 15:33-35
ISSN: 0031-3025
DOI: 10.3109/00313028309061399
Popis: Following an increase in the reported incidence of melanoma of Hutchinson's melanotic freckle type (HMFM) in Queensland, a review of its histological diagnosis was undertaken. Ninety-nine pigmented lesions reported by 13 different pathology laboratories throughout Queensland as having an in-situ component of Hutchinson's melanotic freckle (HMF) were reviewed by 2 pathologists with an interest in malignant melanoma. This diagnosis was confirmed in 76 cases while in a further 3 the reviewers regarded the in-situ component as indeterminate. It would seem that the level of agreement among pathologists reporting HMF(M) should be considered in any assessment of incidence patterns of melanoma.
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