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Primary myxoid melanoma with dermoscopic findings
Author(s) -
Tuğba Kevser Uzunçakmak,
İlkin Zindancı,
Ebru Zemheri,
Ayşe Serap Karadağ,
Burçe Can Kuru,
Necmettın Akdeniz
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
dermatology practical and conceptual
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-9381
DOI - 10.5826/dpc.0702a13
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , amelanotic melanoma , basal cell carcinoma , dermis , histopathological examination , asymptomatic , pathology , dermatology , lesion , dermatoscopy , basal cell , cancer research
Myxoid melanoma is a rare variant of melanoma, which is characterized by atypical spindle cells and dense mucin deposition in dermis. This tumor is usually seen in elderly people with a similar progress in other variants of melanoma. A 28-year-old male presented to our outpatient clinic with a 6-month history of a slowly growing asymptomatic pink lesion on his arm. Dermoscopic examination revealed pink-white cristalline structures and blue-grayish ovoid globules. The lesion was totally excised with initial diagnosis of basosquamous carcinoma, amelanotic melanoma and basal cell carcinoma. Histopathological examination was consistent with myxoid melanoma. We present this case due to the rarity of myxoid melanoma and occurrence at such a young age.

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