Malignant Melanoma with Probable Smooth Muscle Differentiation
Malignant melanomas occasionally exhibit various divergent differentiation types. Of these, smooth muscle differentiation is extremely rare; only 1 case has been reported in the literature until recently. We report an extremely rare case of malignant melanoma with smooth muscle differentiation, whic...
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| author | Aya Morimoto Jun Asai Yusuke Wakabayashi Satoshi Komori Keiji Hanada Hideya Takenaka Eiichi Konishi Norito Katoh |
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| description | Malignant melanomas occasionally exhibit various divergent differentiation types. Of these, smooth muscle differentiation is extremely rare; only 1 case has been reported in the literature until recently. We report an extremely rare case of malignant melanoma with smooth muscle differentiation, which appeared as an amelanotic reddish nodule on the left toe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d87d643ddfff4f3cb4c81d06f82e9f9c2022-12-22T02:05:18ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Dermatology1662-65672014-01-0161161910.1159/000358375358375Malignant Melanoma with Probable Smooth Muscle DifferentiationAya MorimotoJun AsaiYusuke WakabayashiSatoshi KomoriKeiji HanadaHideya TakenakaEiichi KonishiNorito KatohMalignant melanomas occasionally exhibit various divergent differentiation types. Of these, smooth muscle differentiation is extremely rare; only 1 case has been reported in the literature until recently. We report an extremely rare case of malignant melanoma with smooth muscle differentiation, which appeared as an amelanotic reddish nodule on the left toe.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/358375Malignant melanomaSmooth muscle differentiationDivergent differentiation |
| spellingShingle | Aya Morimoto Jun Asai Yusuke Wakabayashi Satoshi Komori Keiji Hanada Hideya Takenaka Eiichi Konishi Norito Katoh Malignant Melanoma with Probable Smooth Muscle Differentiation Case Reports in Dermatology Malignant melanoma Smooth muscle differentiation Divergent differentiation |
| title | Malignant Melanoma with Probable Smooth Muscle Differentiation |
| title_full | Malignant Melanoma with Probable Smooth Muscle Differentiation |
| title_fullStr | Malignant Melanoma with Probable Smooth Muscle Differentiation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malignant Melanoma with Probable Smooth Muscle Differentiation |
| title_short | Malignant Melanoma with Probable Smooth Muscle Differentiation |
| title_sort | malignant melanoma with probable smooth muscle differentiation |
| topic | Malignant melanoma Smooth muscle differentiation Divergent differentiation |
| url | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/358375 |
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