title: Myxoid metastases of melanoma: report of three cases and review of the literature.
abstract: We report three cases of melanoma whose metastases to skin and regional lymph nodes showed myxoid foci, findings absent in their cutaneous primary tumors.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Morfologiche E Medico Legali, Universita Degli Studi di Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Collina
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Losi
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Taccagni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maiorana
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008875:Middle Aged; D009093:Mucus; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure