This is a photo of a large, polypoid, dusky red, amelanotic melanoma. Although it closely resembles a pyogenic granuloma, it is too large and not moist enough for that diagnosis. The malignant melanoma is a very serious and aggressive form of skin cancer. It is responsible for approximately eight thousand deaths a year and appears as an irregularly shaped area of uneven coloring.

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