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Acral melanoma is a melanoma that affects acral areas of the skin, which is the most prevalent site of melanoma in non-Caucasians [5, 10]. Strictly speaking, acral lentiginous melanoma is not a synonym for acral melanoma. Acral lentiginous melanoma, originally described by Reed in 1976 [21], is one of the four histogenetic types defined by Clark et al. [6]. Almost all acral lentiginous melanomas occur on glabrous (nonhair- bearing) acral skin. Superficial spreading melanomas also occur on acral skin, but they are mostly seen on non-glabrous portions such as dorsal aspects of the hands and feet; however, superficial spreading melanomas can occur also on glabrous skin [12]. Furthermore, nodular melanomas are seen on both glabrous and nonglabrous acral skin.
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(2007). Acral Melanoma. In: Soyer, H., Argenziano, G., Hofmann-Wellenhof, R., Johr, R. (eds) Color Atlas of Melanocytic Lesions of the Skin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35106-1_29
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