Malignant Melanoma Misdiagnosed as a Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Malignant Melanoma Misdiagnosed as a Diabetic Foot Ulcer Alper Ata, MD; Ayse Polat, MD; Fatih Tanrıverdi, MD; and Ali Arıcan, MD WOUNDS 2012;24(2):43–46 Quote: Malignant melanoma, although rare, is a skin cancer with the highest mortality. This report presents a 55-year-old man who had been followed-up for diabetes mellitus for 14 years, and was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma that had developed on the base of a diabetic foot ulcer.

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Malignant Melanoma Misdiagnosed as a Diabetic Foot Ulcer

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