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Tumoral melanosis involving the sentinel lymph nodes: a case report

Author(s) -

Satzger Imke,

Völker Bernward,

Kapp Alexander,

Gutzmer Ralf

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of cutaneous pathology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597

H-Index - 75

eISSN - 1600-0560

pISSN - 0303-6987

DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00609.x

Subject(s) - melanosis , medicine , dermis , pathology , melanoma , lymph , dermatology , lesion , differential diagnosis , nodular melanoma , sentinel lymph node , cancer , cancer research , breast cancer

Tumoral or nodular melanosis is characterized by a clinical lesion suspicious for malignant melanoma, the histopathological correlate is a nodular accumulation of melanophages in the dermis. We present a patient with nodular melanosis involving also the sentinel lymph nodes and discuss possible differential diagnoses as well as prognostic and therapeutic implications.

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