title: Desmoplastic malignant melanoma (neurotropic variant).
abstract: A case of neurotropic variant desmoplastic malignant melanoma is reported. The report deals with a tumor consisting of dense stroma in which fusiform cells are immersed and whose reduced capacity to produce melanin makes correct diagnosis difficult in the absence of an associated nevus lesion. Immunohistochemical characteristics and possible differential diagnoses are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Unità Organica di Anatomia e Istologia Patologica, Ospedale S. Giovanni Battista, Foligno, Perugia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peppoloni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nati
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Cristallini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*