Spontaneously regressing malignant melanoma with unusual histological features.
An 85-year-old man with spontaneously regressing primary malignant melanoma is reported. Histological features were considered to be compatible with those of spontaneously regressing malignant melanoma, except that many multinucleated giant cells were observed replacing typical melanoma cells.
Tamura
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Department of Dermatology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ishikawa
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O
Miyachi
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Y
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D018327:Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008543:Melanins; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
D008543:Melanins