title: Pigmented pedunculated malignant melanoma. A rare variant of nodular melanoma.
abstract: We report a 44-year-old man who presented with a rapidly growing, deeply pigmented, pedunculated tumour. The lesion was diagnosed as a pedunculated malignant melanoma, a rare variant of nodular malignant melanoma. The clinical presentation of this tumour and its histological features are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kiene
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petres-Dunsche
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fölster-Holst
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D004396:Coloring Agents; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D013909:Thorax
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D004396:Coloring Agents; D009418:S100 Proteins