Skin melanoma
Skin melanoma
Definition
A primary melanoma arising from atypical melanocytes in the skin. Precursor lesions include acquired and congenital melanocytic nevi, and dysplastic nevi. Several histologic variants have been recognized, including superficial spreading melanoma, acral lentiginous melanoma, nodular melanoma, and lentigo maligna melanoma.
Also known as cutaneous (skin) melanoma, cutaneous melanoma, cutaneous melanoma (disease), malignant cutaneous melanoma, malignant melanoma (of skin), stage unspecified, malignant melanoma of skin, malignant melanoma of skin stage unspecified, melanoma (disease) of zone of skin, melanoma of skin, melanoma of the skin, skin melanoma, skin, melanoma, zone of skin melanoma, zone of skin melanoma (disease) — per MONDO
Also identified as
- DOID 8923 per MONDO
- ICD10CM C43 per MONDO
- ICD9 172 per MONDO
- ICD9 172.0 per MONDO
- ICD9 172.2 per MONDO
- ICD9 172.3 per MONDO
- ICD9 172.4 per MONDO
- ICD9 172.5 per MONDO
- ICD9 172.8 per MONDO
- ICD9 172.9 per MONDO
- NCIT C3510 per MONDO
- SCTID 93655004 per MONDO
- UMLS C0151779 per MONDO
Affected Organs
| Organ | Involvement | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Integumental system | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Skin of body | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Skin of body | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |