acral lentiginous melanoma
MONDO:0003865Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names acral lentiginous melanoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A form of melanoma occurring most often on the plantar, palmar, subungual, and periungual skin. It presents as a pigmented macular lesion with irregular borders. Morphologically, it consists of atypical spindled and dendritic melanocytes. The epidermis is often hyperplastic and there is pagetoid infiltration of the epidermis by anaplastic cells.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0003865), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: acral lentiginous melanoma
- Also called
- acral lentiginous malignant melanomaacral lentiginous melanoma (disease)acral lentiginous melanoma, malignantacral lentiginous melanoma, malignant (morphologic abnormality)