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[älm]
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A meadow in alpine or subalpine mountain regions.

ALM

On drawings, abbr. for “alarm.”

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Acral lentiginous melanoma: A clinicoprognostic study of 126 cases.
The incidence of melanoma in South Africa: An exploratory analysis of National Cancer Registry data from 2005 to 2013 with a specific focus on melanoma in black Africans
2014 Piana et al, (70) 2015 Donigan et al, (71) 2017 Abbreviations: ALM, acral lentiginous melanoma; AN, atypical/ dysplastic nevi; BN, benign nevi/melanocytic lesion; C, cytoplasmic; CBN, cellular blue nevus; LM, lentigo maligna; LMM, lentigo maligna melanoma; MIS, melanoma in situ; MM, metastatic melanoma; N, nuclear; NA, not available; NM, nodular melanoma; NSLN, nonsentinel lymph node; PAM, primary acquired melanosis (conjunctival); PIM, primary invasive melanoma; RGP, radial growth phase; SLN, sentinel lymph node; SSM, superficial spreading melanoma; VGP, vertical growth phase.
Immunohistochemical Expression of p16 in Melanocytic Lesions: An Updated Review and Meta-analysis
Dermoscopic features of an intracorneal or subcorneal hematoma may mimic initial acral lentiginous melanoma or melanoma in situ [1,4,5].
Intracorneal Hematoma Showing Clinical and Dermoscopic Features of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma
(4) Melanoma is classified into five major histological subtypes: nodular melanoma (NM), lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM), superficial spreading melanoma (SSM), acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM), and desmoplastic melanoma (DM).
Lifetime risks of cutaneous melanoma by histological subtype and race/ethnicity in the United States
Acral lentiginous melanoma is the most common histogenetic type and accounts for 75% of all melanomas found in the black population.
Melanoma in black South Africans
Acral lentiginous melanoma: a variant of malignant melanoma of special interest in Colombia
Melanoma lentiginoso acral: una variante de melanoma maligno de especial interes en Colombia
The most common specific histologic diagnosis reported was melanoma in situ (22.3%) followed by lentigo maligna (9.3%), nodular melanoma (5.6%), superficial spreading melanoma (5.3%), lentigo maligna melanoma (4.7%), and acral lentiginous melanoma (4.6%).
Epidemiology of melanoma in Puerto Rico, 1987-2002
Acral lentiginous melanoma appears most frequently on the palms of the hands or the soles of the feet, on the undersurface of the fingers or toes, and under the nails.
Be sun safe! Understand skin cancer prevention and detection
Another type is called acral lentiginous melanoma. "Acral" refers to the fingers or toes.
Saving your skin: despite public-health campaigns, skin cancer is on the rise in the U.S., with more than one million cases diagnosed each year. A noted dermatologist gives advice on how best to avoid harmful exposure to the sun
The black population is also more likely to have advanced disease once detected since the most common type of melanoma in blacks is the aggressive acral lentiginous melanoma. The Skin Cancer Foundation suggests African-Americans examine their skin every three months, seek an annual professional skin examination and make sure doctors remain alert to the possibility of melanoma.
EXFOLIATING MAY HELP PREVENT SKIN CANCER
The term AM includes all histopathological subtypes of melanoma that occur at acral sites, including acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM), which comprises up to 80% of all AMs.
Clinical and pathological features of acral melanoma in a South African population: A retrospective study
Four major clinical subtypes of primary cutaneous melanoma have been described (1) They are superficial spreading melanoma, nodular melanoma, acral lentiginous melanoma and lentigo maligna melanoma.
Amelanotic melanoma with atypical clinical presentation and multiple metastasis

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