RT Book, Section
A1 Hardin, J. Matthew
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181043999
T1 Melanoma
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181043999
RD 2024/04/19
AB Melanoma  is  a  potentially  fatal  cutaneous  tumor  derived  from  epidermal  melanocytes.  Any  age  can  be  affected;  peak  incidence  is  in  20-  to  45-year-old  patients  (much  younger  than  BCC  or  SCC).  The  most  significant  risk  factor  is  a  primary  relative  with  melanoma.  Evaluation  of  any  pigmented  lesion  should  include  the  ABCDE  rule  (A  for  asymmetry,  B  for  irregular  borders,  C  for  color  variegation,  D  for  diameter  >  6  mm,  and  E  for  elevation  and  evolving).  Any  lesion  with  these  characteristics  is  considered  suspicious  for  melanoma.