Diagnosis and treatment of malignant melanoma of the foot.

摘要: Background: Patients diagnosed with melanoma of the foot have been reported to a poor prognosis. We reviewed our experience at tertiary-care medical clinic determine disease course in patients foot. Methods: A retrospective review was performed 38 diagnosis primary or locally recurrent treated between January, 1988, and July, 2004. The main outcome measures included methods diagnosis, clinical histopathologic features, patterns recurrence. Results: mean age 61 years; most were women (58%) Caucasian (95%). average time 17 months. Initial had considered benign 12 (32%). median Breslow thickness 1.75 mm, T1 lesions common, acral lentiginous accounted for 42%. Thirteen (34%) ulcerated lesions. Sentinel lymph node biopsy specimens 25 identified four (16%) metastatic disease....