Non-healing 'diabetic' ulceration which turned out to be a lentiginous melanoma: a case from a diabetic foot clinic

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jan 7;12(1):e228649. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228649.

Authors

Peter Novodvorsky^{1

2}, Muhammad Fahad Arshad², Susan Heyes², Rajiv Gandhi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
² Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: dermatology; diabetes.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Diabetic Foot / diagnosis*
Diagnostic Errors*
Humans
Lentigo / diagnosis*
Lentigo / pathology
Male
Melanoma / diagnosis*
Melanoma / pathology
Middle Aged
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Skin Neoplasms / pathology