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. 2015 Nov-Dec;60(6):606-8.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.169137.

Malignant Melanoma Clinically Masquerading Vascular Tumor: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Samiksha Pradhan  1 , Karan Sancheti  1 , Indrashis Podder  1 , Ramesh Chandra Gharami  1
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Malignant Melanoma Clinically Masquerading Vascular Tumor: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Samiksha Pradhan et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2015 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is an invasive neoplasm of the skin, whose incidence is reported to be rising among Indians. We hereby present a unique case of unilateral, multiple, asymptomatic, pigmented, nodular lesions over the lower limb; resembling vascular tumor, revealing itself as malignant melanoma only on histopathology. To the best of our knowledge, such a unique presentation of malignant melanoma has not yet been reported from the Indian subcontinent.

Keywords: Malignant melanoma; unilateral; vascular tumor.

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Figures

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(a and b) Multiple brownish dome-shaped nodular lesions with a bosselated surface, right lower limb
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Figure 2
Right inguinal lymphadenopathy
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Figure 3
Proliferative growth in the upper dermis with marked thinning of epidermis (H and E, ×40)
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Figure 4
Lobulated mass showing closely packed pigmented cells (H and E, ×100)
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Figure 5
The mass showing clustered polygonal cells with hyperchromatic nuclei and perinuclear halo (H and E, ×400)
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