DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for acral lentiginous melanoma

Acral lentiginous melanoma [DOID:6367]

A skin melanoma that is characterized by slow growth of a small pigmented spot on the skin with a clearly defined edge, surrounded by normal-appearing skin and occurs on occurs on non hair-bairing surfaces including hands and feet, subungual sites, and fingers or toes.

Synonyms:  acral lentiginous melanoma,  acral lentiginous melanomas,  DOID:6367,  acral lentiginous melanoma, malignant,  acral lentiginous melanoma malignant ...