A blue-black macule of recent onset (tumoral melanosis).
The author reports a 75-year-old man who developed a blue-black macule, which on biopsy showed sheets of deeply pigmented melanophages. This represents an example of tumoral melanosis that may be the result of complete regression of a melanoma.
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Skin and Cancer Foundation, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia.
D000368:Aged; D001415:Back; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*