Toward a new classification of Lentigo maligna: easy and difficult to treat Lentigo Maligna

Iris Zalaudek; Claudio Conforti; Danica Tiodorovic; Nicola Di Meo; Roberta Giuffrida

doi:10.5826/dpc.1601a6969

Toward a new classification of Lentigo maligna: easy and difficult to treat Lentigo Maligna

Authors

Iris Zalaudek Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Trieste, Ospedale Maggiore, Trieste, Italy
Claudio Conforti IDI-IRCCS, Dermatological Research Hospital, Department of Life Science, Health, and Health Professions, Link University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Danica Tiodorovic University Clinical Center of Nis, Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Clinic of Dermatovenerology, Nis, Serbia
Nicola Di Meo Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Trieste, Ospedale Maggiore, Trieste, Italy
Roberta Giuffrida Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dermatology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-3033

Keywords:

lentigo maligna, classification, treatment, imiquimod

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