A non-healing ulcer between the toes
Keurlings, P.A.J.; Werner, J.E.M.; Ostertag, J.U.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 163
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 1876-8784 PMID: 30379504 Document Number: 697106
A 60-year-old man presented with a non-healing interdigital ulcer on the right foot. Various treatment regimens had no effect. Three months later, histopathological examination of a biopsy showed an acrolentiginous amelanotic melanoma. Partial foot amputation followed, but metastases were diagnosed several months later. If no improvement occurs in a benign-looking acral lesion, doctors should closely observe the lesion and consider biopsy.