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Eczema‐Like Amelanotic Melanoma: A Diagnostic Challenge

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amelanotic melanoma (AM) is a rare and aggressive variant of cutaneous melanoma characterised by the absence of pigmentation, often leading to delayed diagnosis due to its ability to mimic benign inflammatory or neoplastic conditions. We report the case of a 68‐year‐old woman presenting with a slowly enlarging, erythematous, mildly scaling ...
Agata Janowska, Valerio Ortenzi, Andrea della Maggiora, Nicolò Mori, Cristian Fidanzi, Marco Romanelli, Valentina Dini, Antonio Giuseppe Naccarato, Cristian Scatena   +8 more
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CDKN2A and MC1R analysis in amelanotic and pigmented melanoma

, 2009
Amelanotic melanoma (AM) is a rare subtype of melanoma with little or no clinically visible pigment; it is more difficult to diagnose than pigmented melanoma (PM), and has a worse prognosis.
Pizzicchetta, Maria Antonietta, Queirolo P, Scarrà Bianchi, Giovanna, Pastorino L, Bono R, Gargiulo S, Palmieri G, Annessi, Giorgio, Sini, Maria Cristina, Scarra GB, Bono, Riccardo, Queirolo, Paola, Ghiorzo P, Annessi G, Nasti S, Nasti, Sabina, Italian Melanoma Intergroup, Ghiorzo, Paola, Bruno, William, Battistuzzi, Linda, Battistuzzi L, Gargiulo, Sara, Palmieri, Giuseppe, Pastorino, Lorenza, Bruno W, Sini MC, Talamini R, Pizzichetta MA, BIANCHI, GIOVANNA, Talamini, Renato   +29 more
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Spontaneous apoptosis of melanotic and amelanotic melanoma cells in different phases of cell cycle: relation to tumor growth.

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica, 2006
Since the spontaneous alteration of native melanotic (Ma) into amelanotic (Ab) transplantable melanoma line it has been observed that this alteration is accompanied by the acceleration of growth of Ab line.
Krystyna Kozłowska, Mirosława Cichorek, Małgorzata Wachulska, Katarzyna Zielińska   +3 more
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Acral Amelanotic Melanoma

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021
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Rita Bouceiro-Mendes, Luís Soares-de-Almeida   +1 more
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Polypoid amelanotic melanoma: a diagnostic challenge [PDF]

, 2018
Melanoma is a highly aggressive cutaneous malignancy with considerable risk for metastasis. These malignant tumors are typically pigmented given that they arise from melanocytes capable of producing melanin.
Scarbrough, Chase, Milani-Nejad, Nima, Carr, David, Bechtel, Mark A, Mauzo, Shakuntala H, Peters, Sara B   +5 more
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Cytodiagnosis of epithelioid malignant melanoma (amelanotic) and diagnostic dilemmas

Journal of Cytology, 2014
Melanoma is an aggressive neoplasm, and early diagnosis can reduce mortality in such patients. Diagnosis may be delayed in amelanotic tumors. We present one such case, a 35-year-old lady with a rapidly growing mass over the right angle of mandible.
Santosh Kumar Mondal, Palash Kumar Mondal, Sujit Kumar Dutta   +2 more
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Biopsy of Iris and Anterior Chamber Tumours: Fine Needle, Minimally Invasive and Excision Techniques ‐ Review

Clinical &Experimental Ophthalmology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Several benign, inflammatory and malignant lesions can present as iris or anterior chamber masses, including iris naevi, cysts, adenomas, leiomyomas, nodules, vascular tumours, melanomas, metastases, as well as iris and pigment epithelium adenocarcinomas. Fortunately, benign iris lesions are much more common than malignant tumours and many can
Charles N. J. McGhee, Joevy Z. Lim, Peter W. Hadden, Jie Zhang   +3 more
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Conjunctival Amelanotic Melanoma – A Case Report [PDF]

, 2011
Conjunctival melanoma is a relatively rare malignancy. It is presented as pigmented nodule in any area of conjunctiva, amelanotic tumors are pink with smooth apperance.
Darko Ledić, Kovačević, Damir, Damir Kovačević, Marijana Bilen Babić, Markušić, Vedran, Koraljka Lukanović-Primc, Bilen Babić, Marijana, Ledić, Darko, Lukanović-Primc, Koraljka, Vedran Markušić   +9 more
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Amelanotic Signet Ring Cell Melanoma Presenting as Breast Lump- A Diagnostic Conundrum [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Amelanotic signet ring cell melanoma is one of the rare variants of malignant melanoma. Here we are presenting a case of a 58- year-old female with chief complaints of swelling in the left sternal region/breast, and right cervical region.
Prasath Sathiah, Debasis Gochhait, Subathra Adithan, Sandhya Umamahesweran, Priyadarshini Dehuri   +4 more
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Age‐related dermatoscopic features of excised melanomas versus nevi in 832 high risk patients

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Background and objectives Melanocytic nevi show distinct age‐related dermoscopic patterns. However, data on age‐related patterns of melanomas are lacking. This study aimed to identify age‐related static and dynamic dermoscopic patterns of melanomas. Patients and methods Explorative cross‐sectional cohort study between October 1996 and May 2012,
Jana Burghaus‐Zhang, Julia Katharina Winkler, Katharina Susanne Kommoss, Anastasia Sophie Vollmer, Alexander Enk, Timo Buhl, Holger Andreas Haenssle   +6 more
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