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Balloon cell melanoma: a case report
Author(s) -
HORTON J.J.,
MacDONALD D.M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1983.tb01066.x
Subject(s) - histogenesis , melanoma , medicine , balloon , pathology , melanoma diagnosis , dermatology , surgery , cancer research , immunohistochemistry
SUMMARY A rare malignant tumour, the balloon cell melanoma, is reported and the histogenesis is discussed. The unusual cytological changes described may pose difficulty in establishing the malignant status of balloon cell melanoma.