title: [Metastatic malignant melanoma of the ovary].
abstract: We report 2 cases of ovarian metastases of malignant melanoma arisen 4 and 6 years after the removal of the primitive epithelial neoplasia. In both cases the ovarian neoplasia was unilateral. Both the macroscopic and the histological aspects of the malignant melanoma were examined. From both cases it was clear that it was a solid neoplasia with histological aspect of wide epithelioid cells with abundant cytoplasm and intracytoplasmatic melanotic pigment. The immunohistochemical results supported positivity for protein S100, vimentine and HMB45, negativity for cytokeratine.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Dermatologia, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tribbia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pezzica
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buzzi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crescini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sonzogni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D010053:Ovary / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Melanoma maligno metastatico dell'ovaio.