Lentigo maligna melanoma is a melanoma in situ on sun-damaged skin. It is a variably brown-pigmented flat patch on the head or neck of elderly patients. Its growth is generally slow, but it can ...

Investigators studied how Mohs micrographic surgery with melanocytic immunostains affected local recurrence and mortality rates in patients with invasive melanoma.

In summary, LM management depends on the individual patient and the tumor. Excision by the wide-margin Mohs technique (taking at least the 5 mm recommended margin around the tumor) would be the ...