Desmoplastic melanoma (or is it merely cicatrix?) arising at the site of biopsy within a conventional melanoma: pitfalls in the diagnosis desmoplastic melanoma
Spitz, J.L.; Silvers, D.N.
Cutis 55(1): 40-44
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0011-4162 PMID: 7712830 Document Number: 447550
We describe a case in which a "punch biopsy" specimen of a conventional melanoma on the cheek of a 25-year-old man led to a problem in differentiating a desmoplastic malignant melanoma from cicatrix. The circumstances of this case raise the issue of whether desmoplastic melanoma can arise at the site of trauma within a pre-existing melanoma.
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