Amelanotic nodular appearance within superficial spreading melanoma
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, cilt.21, sa.9, ss.3949-3953, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Teknik Not
- Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 9
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.1111/jocd.14705
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, MEDLINE
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3949-3953
- Anahtar Kelimeler: amelanotic melanoma, nodular melanoma, pedunculated melanoma, polypoid melanoma, superficial spreading melanoma
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Usual clinical types of malignant melanoma (MM) are lentigo maligna, superficial spreading, nodular, and acral lentiginous MMs. Rarer variants of MM are amelanotic, neurotropic, desmoplastic, metastatic, invisible, pedunculatedmelanoma (PM), or nodal melanoma (NM), which constitute less than 5% of cases. Recognition and discrimination of these variants are important to avoid misdiagnosis of MM. We report a 42-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a superficial spreading malignant melanoma (SSM) with an amelanotic nodular center. The lesion simulated a NM or PM clinically, but its histopathology showed an SSM. This misleading appearance of SSM has not been reported previously.