Navel melanoma: not always easy to detect, not always difficult to remove

Cristina Mangas1, Jorge Romaní, Carlos Muñoz

  • 1Dermatology Department, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain. cmangas@tauli.cat

Dermatology Online Journal
|December 20, 2008
PubMed

Melanoma diagnosis can be delayed when the tumor is present in areas that are poorly visualized. We present a peri-umbilical melanoma and discuss the use of Y-plasty in this area.