title: [Does a circumscribed melanosis secondary to malignant melanoma exist?].
abstract: Regarding the rare phenomenon of diffuse melanosis of the skin secondary to widespread melanoma, the possibility of a circumscribed melanosis in melanoma patients is hypothetically discussed on the basis of a personal observation. Microscopically, such a circumscribed melanosis appears as clusters of melanin-laden macrophages.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages; D008543:Melanins; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications*; D008548:Melanosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D008543:Melanins
vernacular_title: Gibt es zirkumskripte Melanosen beim Melanomkranken?