Desmoplastic melanoma of the anus.
To date a desmoplastic melanoma, an unusual variant of malignant melanoma, has been described only in the skin. The present report describes a case of desmoplastic melanoma that arose in the anal canal. The patient was without evidence of recurrence or metastases 18 months after surgical removal of the lesion.
D001003:Anal Canal / Q000473:pathology; D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis
D009418:S100 Proteins