2006-11-21 04:26:57 · 3 answers · asked by Alison M 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Sir John Hutchinson first described lentigo maligna in 1890; the disease continues to be called Hutchinson melanotic freckle on occasion. It is called lentigo maligna when it is confined to the epidermis and lentigo maligna melanoma when it violates the dermis. It commonly affects the sun-exposed skin of the head and neck, with a predilection for the nose and cheek.
2006-11-21 04:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a kind of tumour. The full name is Lentigo Maligna Melanoma. It is usually found in elderly people and on skin areas with high levels of sun exposure. It was a common tumour in the 9th Century.
2006-11-21 04:33:18 · answer #2 · answered by ***L.E.D.G.E*** 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a Melanoma which is a malignant tumor of melanocytes and, less frequently, of retinal pigment epithelial cells (of the eye, see uveal melanoma)
a type of cancer....read more about it in the following sites below:
2006-11-21 06:16:34 · answer #3 · answered by y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋