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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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Traumatic hematoma in a palmoplantar wart mimicking acral lentiginous melanoma
GI Nambi1, KM Rajeshwari2, Sangita Sharma Mehta2
1 Plastic and Reconstructive Microvascular Services, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
2 Department of Pathology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
Correspondence Address:
G I Nambi
Plastic and Reconstructive Microvascular Services, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu- 641014
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-2077.99460
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We describe a case where a secondary traumatic hematoma in a pre-existing palmoplantar wart of the sole was presenting a diagnostic dilemma where it simulated an acral lentiginous melanoma and was managed successfully with wide excision and local skin flap. |
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