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Case Reports
. 1988 Apr;10(2):133-6.
doi: 10.1097/00000372-198804000-00006.

Melanophagic dermatitis and panniculitis. A condition revealing an occult metastatic malignant melanoma

G E Piérard  1
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Case Reports

Melanophagic dermatitis and panniculitis. A condition revealing an occult metastatic malignant melanoma

G E Piérard. Am J Dermatopathol. 1988 Apr.

Abstract

A 32-year-old woman had a dozen slate-blue cutaneous macules of recent onset. Histologic examination of multiple skin biopsies revealed melanophagic dermatitis and panniculitis accompanying a few occult metastases of malignant melanoma. The primary site of the neoplasm remained undiscovered. The pathogenesis of melanophagic dermatitis and panniculitis is presumably related to the spontaneous regression of metastases.

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