[Desmoplastic malignant melanoma].
A rare case of desmoplastic malignant melanoma which produced many difficulties in diagnosis is reported. Analysis of histological structure of the primary tumor and its metastases as well as signs of melanocytic differentiation found at electron-microscopic level enabled differentiation of this tumor with neoplasms of another histogenesis which is important for treatment and prognosis.
Russian N. N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center, Moscow.
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NA
Filippova
Ia V
IaV
Vishnevskaia
Z I
ZI
Tokareva
G M
GM
Korobeĭnikova
D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
Desmoplasticheskaia zlokachestvennaia melanoma.