Vegetable matter clinically mimicking as melanoma: An unusual case report
Keywords:
skin voluntarily, involuntarily, vegetable matter, clinically mimickingAbstract
A large number of foreign substances invade the skin voluntarily and involuntarily. The voluntary substances include
particulate materials used in tattoos and cosmetic filters, whereas, the latter involves accidental inclusion of external
substances secondary to trauma. Clinical presentation of these foreign substances as pigmented lesion, mimicking
a nevus/melanoma, poses a major concern to both clinician and the patient. The present case study focuses on the
unusual presentation of vegetable matter, clinically mimicking as junctional nevus/melanoma.
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