See Also: malignant melanoma(medicine)
Cancer, malignant melanoma(health)
desmoplastic malignant melanoma(medicine)
malignant melanoma in situ(medicine)
cancer, malignant melanoma(medicine)
malignant lentigo melanoma(medicine)
malignant melanoma- staging(medicine)
malignant melanoma- gallium imaging(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Lasegue(medicine)

Lasegue's sign (medicine) and malignant melanoma (medicine)


Lasegue's sign (medicine)


Lasegue's sign
<clinical sign> When patient is supine with hip flexed, dorsiflexion of the ankle causing pain or muscle spasm in the posterior thigh indicates lumbar root or sciatic nerve irritation.


malignant melanoma (medicine)


malignant melanoma
<oncology, tumour> A malignant tumour which arises from the pigment producing cells (melanosomes) of the deeper layers of the skin (or the eye). Melanoma is the leading cause of death attributable to skin lesions. Described as an irregular dark skin lesion that may have areas of varying colour. Often greater than 6 mm in diameter.