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Colonization of nonmelanocytic cutaneous lesions by dendritic melanocytic cells: A simulant of acral‐lentiginous (Palmar‐plantar‐subungual‐mucosal) melanoma
Author(s) -
Lambert Muriel W.,
Clark Lambert W.,
Schwartz Robert A.,
Mesa Myra L.,
Brodkin Roger H.,
Abbey Albert H.,
Potter Gene K.,
Little R. Walter P.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930280105
Subject(s) - medicine , acral lentiginous melanoma , verruca vulgaris , dermatology , melanosis , lesion , pathology , melanoma , cancer research
Four cases of colonization of nonmelanocytic lesions by dendritic melanocytic cells are reported, one in a verruca vulgaris of the lip, one in a squamous cell carcinoma in situ of mucous membrane overlying a tonsil, one in a lesion of lichen simplex chronicus with a nevocellular nevus of the external ear, and one in a dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (Bednar tumor). This is an important biological process of melanocytes that must not be confused with the acral‐lentiginous (palmar‐plantar‐subungual‐mu‐cosal (P‐S‐M) melanoma. It is probably much more common than the paucity of published reports would indicate.