Decade Growing in Plain Sight: Detection of an Invasive Melanoma Within a Long-Standing Pigmented Lesion.

Freeman M, Gates G, Ahronowitz I

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.117734
Published: 2026 Oct
Container: Cureus
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.117734,
  title = {Decade Growing in Plain Sight: Detection of an Invasive Melanoma Within a Long-Standing Pigmented Lesion.},
  author = {Freeman M and Gates G and Ahronowitz I},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.117734},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.117734}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Decade Growing in Plain Sight: Detection of an Invasive Melanoma Within a Long-Standing Pigmented Lesion.
AU  - Freeman M
AU  - Gates G
AU  - Ahronowitz I
PY  - 2026
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.117734
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M, F., G, G., & I, A. (2026). Decade Growing in Plain Sight: Detection of an Invasive Melanoma Within a Long-Standing Pigmented Lesion.. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.117734

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