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Skin-Melanocytic Tumors
Primary dermal melanoma
Last major update: November 2008 - next update November 2009
Revised: 11 July 2009
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D., PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
Copyright: (c) 2002-2009, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
Definition
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● Melanoma subtype confined to dermis or subcutis
Treatment and prognosis
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● Prolonged survival (Arch Dermatol 2004;140:99) compared to melanoma of similar thickness, but may recur or develop metastases
Clinical images
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Blue nodule on arm
Micro description
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● Melanoma confined to dermis or subcutis; mean Breslow depth is 1 cm
● No in-situ component, regression or ulceration
● No associated nevus
Micro images
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Various images
Differential Diagnoses
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● Primary nodular melanoma
● Cutaneous metastatic melanoma
Additional references
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