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Editorial
. 2017 Sep;53(3):234-235.
doi: 10.4068/cmj.2017.53.3.234. Epub 2017 Sep 25.

The 'All-or-None Law' Applied to the Vertical Growth Phase of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma

Luca Roncati  1 , Benedetto Vergari  2 , Antonio Del Gaudio  3
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The 'All-or-None Law' Applied to the Vertical Growth Phase of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma

Luca Roncati et al. Chonnam Med J. 2017 Sep.
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FIG. 1
FIG. 1. Original slides dating back to 1983: the nevoid melanoma showed a verrucous growth pattern at scanning magnification (A, haematoxylin/eosin, ×1.25), peripheral densely cellular nodules with epidermal thinning at higher magnification (B, haematoxylin/eosin, ×10), and some mitotic figures pointed out by black arrows (C, haematoxylin/eosin, ×40). Original slides dating back to 1988: the signet-ring cell melanoma did not show a verrucous appearance (D, haematoxylin/eosin, ×4), it consisted of clear atypical cells (E, haematoxylin/eosin, ×20) with a signet-ring (F, arrows) or physalipherous (F, circles) morphology (F, haematoxylin/eosin, ×40).
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