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A 30-year-old man consulted for a pigmentend lesion on his back. His wife noticed this lesion was slowly changing.
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Dermoscopy revealed an
atypical a reticular network, an
irregular pigmentation, and an
atypical vascular pattern.
This lesion was excised and pathology revealed a superficial spreading melanoma with a vertical extension, with a Breslow index at 1.3mm.