170429 20260420103355.0 doi 10.1111/cup.70097 sideral 148893 ART-2026-148893 eng Álvarez-Salafranca, Marcial Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1691-3280 Atypical Melanosis on Acral Skin or Early Acral Lentiginous Melanoma? Reappraising an Ambiguous Concept in Acquired Acral Pigmented Lesions 2026 Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM), first described by Reed et al. in 1976, is a histopathologic subtype of cutaneous melanoma (CM) that arises on the palms, soles, or within the nail apparatus. Although ALM represents only a small percentage of all CMs in populations predominantly of European descent, it is the most common subtype in most Latin American, African, and Asian countries, where other histopathologic variants are markedly underrepresented. The fact that these slow-growing tumors often develop in “hidden” locations and remain clinically subtle during their early stages hinders early clinical detection, likely contributing to their poorer overall prognosis compared to other CM subtypes... Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Gil-Pallares, Pedro Navarro-Bielsa, Alba Gracia-Cazaña, Tamara Universidad de Zaragoza Monteagudo, Carlos Gómez-Mateo, María Carmen Universidad de Zaragoza 1007 183 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm. Área Dermatología 1013 020 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Cirugía Área Anatomía Patológica (2026), [7 pp.] J. cutan. pathol. JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS PATHOLOGY 0303-6987 1829368 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170429/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2802888 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170429/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:170429 articulos driver 2026-04-18-10:49:24 ARTICLE