title: Tumoral melanosis in an adolescent after trauma: a clinicopathological dilemma.
abstract: Tumoral melanosis (TM) is a histologic term used to indicate a nodular accumulation of melanophages in the dermis clinically presenting as a pigmented lesion. It is usually associated with regression of melanoma and nonmelanoma melanocytic pigmented lesions. We present the case of a 16-year-old girl with a suspicious pigmented macule on her right knee that appeared after trauma. The lesion was completely excised and diagnosed as TM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seval
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dogruk Kacar
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ozuguz
authors.forename: Semsettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karaca
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aktepe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D046169:Dermoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee; D008548:Melanosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery