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We report the case of a 41\u2010year\u2010old male patient who had received a diagnosis of metastatic melanoma after histological examination of an enlarged axillary lymph node, without previous detection of the primary lesion at his first dermatological examination. No pigmented skin lesions located in the anatomical area potentially drained by the affected axillary basin showed clinical features suggestive of a melanoma. Neither did the so\u2010called \u2018ugly duckling\u2019 sign help us to identify the melanoma, because of the presence of a large number of clinically similar, common or slightly atypical melanocytic lesions located in that area. After dermoscopic examination we were able to narrow the field of possible candidates for excision to four lesions, selected on the basis of their dermoscopic features. Histological examination revealed the primary melanoma (superficial spreading melanoma (SSM), level\u00a0III, thickness 0.5\u00a0mm) \u2013 located on the back \u2013 and three naevi with atypia. Preoperative distinction of the melanoma from the other three lesions was not possible because of the lack of well\u2010established features of malignancy, even at dermoscopic analysis (\u2018featureless\u2019 melanoma). 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