Marco Manfredini1, Giovanni Pellacani1, Lorena Losi2, Monia Maccaferri3, Aldo Tomasi3, Giovanni Ponti3. 1. Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental & Morphological Sciences with Interest Transplant, Oncological & Regenerative Medicine, Dermatology Unit, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. 2. Department of Pathology, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. 3. Department of Diagnostic & Clinical Medicine & Public Health, Clinical Pathology Unit, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Abstract
AIM: To evaluate clinical, pathologic and genetic features of desmoplastic melanoma (DM). MATERIALS & METHODS: Analysis of all DM records from 1991 to 2015. RESULTS: The most common location of DMs was the head and neck (69%); median age and follow-up were 60.5 and 7.3 years, respectively. A familial predisposition for DMs and others malignancies was analyzed. Thin Breslow thickness (<4.5 mm) was associated with an intraepidermal component or a previous lentigo maligna, whereas high Breslow thickness (>4.5 mm) was observed in 'pure' DM. CONCLUSION: DM could progress from an early phase, characterized by an intraepidermal component, to late phase, characterized by a dermal nodule. This hypothesis correlates with melanoma genetic and NF1 mutation, which could be an early event in the progression of DM.
AIM: To evaluate clinical, pathologic and genetic features of desmoplastic melanoma (DM). MATERIALS & METHODS: Analysis of all DM records from 1991 to 2015. RESULTS: The most common location of DMs was the head and neck (69%); median age and follow-up were 60.5 and 7.3 years, respectively. A familial predisposition for DMs and others malignancies was analyzed. Thin Breslow thickness (<4.5 mm) was associated with an intraepidermal component or a previous lentigo maligna, whereas high Breslow thickness (>4.5 mm) was observed in 'pure' DM. CONCLUSION:DM could progress from an early phase, characterized by an intraepidermal component, to late phase, characterized by a dermal nodule. This hypothesis correlates with melanoma genetic and NF1 mutation, which could be an early event in the progression of DM.
Authors: Maria T Huayllani; Andrea Sisti; David J Restrepo; Daniel Boczar; Jordan J Cochuyt; Aaron C Spaulding; Sanjay P Bagaria; Brian D Rinker; Antonio J Forte Journal: Cureus Date: 2019-06-18