Tumoral melanosis involving the sentinel lymph nodes: a case report

J Cutan Pathol. 2007 Mar;34(3):284-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00609.x.

Abstract

Tumoral or nodular melanosis is characterized by a clinical lesion suspicious for malignant melanoma, the histopathological correlate is a nodular accumulation of melanophages in the dermis. We present a patient with nodular melanosis involving also the sentinel lymph nodes and discuss possible differential diagnoses as well as prognostic and therapeutic implications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, CD / metabolism
  • Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / metabolism
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / metabolism
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Male
  • Melanoma / complications
  • Melanoma / secondary*
  • Melanoma / surgery
  • Melanosis / etiology
  • Melanosis / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Remission Induction
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
  • Skin Neoplasms / complications
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Antigens, CD
  • Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • CD68 antigen, human